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root [n]

1)	(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

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plant_organ root_system botany calamus cocoyam ginseng horseradish radish chicory oyster_plant hottentot's_bread briarroot orris sarsaparilla_root licorice_root senega mandrake cassava carrot parsnip parenchyma pneumatophore taproot adventitious_root root_cap rootlet root_hair prop_root bark

2)	(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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base radical root_word stem theme

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descriptor linguistics stem stem

3)	the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

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beginning origin rootage source

4)	a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number

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number square_root cube_root

5)	the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

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solution

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set

6)	someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

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ancestor antecedent ascendant ascendent

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relation descendant ancestress forbear father foremother primogenitor

7)	a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

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etymon

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descriptor

8)	the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

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tooth_root

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anatomical_structure tooth cement

root [v]

1)	take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"

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grow rooting

2)	come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"

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become beginning

3)	plant by the roots

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plant

4)	dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"

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rootle rout

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cut_into

5)	take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"

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pull side

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back side

6)	become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"

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settle settle_down steady_down take_root

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stabilise roost

7)	cause to take roots

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grow rooting

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. The Unix superuser account (with user name "root" and user ID 0) that overrides file permissions. The term avatar is also used. By extension, the privileged system-maintenance login on any operating system.

See root mode, go root, wheel.

[Jargon File]

(1994-10-27)

2. root directory.

(1996-11-21)

3. root node.

(1998-11-14)

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