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rootbound
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective rootbound has 2 senses
- rootbound(s = adj.all) potbound - (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots; Array
- rootbound(s = adj.all) Array - having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"
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