Taproot Definition

tăpro͝ot, -ro͝ot
taproots
noun
A main root, growing almost vertically downward, from which small branch roots spread out.
Webster's New World
The main root of a plant, usually stouter than the lateral roots and growing straight downward from the stem.
American Heritage

(botany) A long tapering root possessed by many plants (such as carrots and dandelions). [from early 17th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Taproot

Noun

Singular:
taproot
Plural:
taproots

Origin of Taproot

  • tap +"Ž root

    From Wiktionary

  • From tap

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From tap

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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