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taproot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun taproot has 2 senses
- taproot(n = noun.plant) Array - (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem; Array is a kind of root
- taproot(n = noun.cognition) Array - something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot" is a kind of germ, seed, source
CIDE DICTIONARY
taproot, n.
The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
taproot
beginning, bulb, bulbil, commencement, conception, corm, derivation, genesis, grass roots, head, inception, origin, original, origination, provenience, radical, radicle, radix, rhizome, rise, root, rootstock, source, stem, stock, tap, tuber, tubercle
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