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root noun

  /ɹuːt/ , /ɹʊt/
  • The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
  • The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
  • (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
 根, ね
  • (figurative) The primary source; origin.
 元, 根源, 起源
  • The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
 歯根, 根
  • (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
 解, 根
  • (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
 語根, 根
  • (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
 根

roots noun

  /ɹuːts/ , /ɹʊts/
  • Ancestry.
 ルーツ
  • Beginnings; origin.
 ルーツ, 起源
square root
平方根
root vegetable
根菜
cube root
立方根, 三乗根
take root
根付く
root beer
ルートビア
lotus root
はい
root radical
根
cubic root
立方根
extract root
開方
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