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.]

Wiktionary
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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

Taproot Sentence Examples

  • The root of the plant grows from one main taproot.

  • The plant dies down in winter then regrows in March-April from the large fleshy taproot.

  • However, if you are not careful, you can tear the taproot, which simply causes regeneration of the weed.

  • Secondly, on account of its large taproot; it is this latter feature which suggests the link with Turbinicarpus.

  • Seedlings rapidly develop a vertical taproot from which lateral roots are produced mainly in the upper 30 cm of soil.

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