root and branch

:  the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support, and differs from a stem especially in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves

:  any subterranean plant part (such as a true root or a bulb, tuber, rootstock, or other modified stem) especially when fleshy and edible

:  the part of a tooth within the socket

:  to furnish with or enable to develop roots

:  to fix or implant by or as if by roots

:  to grow roots or take root

:  to turn up or dig in the earth with the snout :  grub

:  to poke or dig about

:  to noisily applaud or encourage a contestant or team :  cheer

:  to wish the success of or lend support to someone or something

:  a natural subdivision of a plant stem

:  a secondary shoot or stem (such as a bough) arising from a main axis (as of a tree)

:  something that extends from or enters into a main body or source: such as

:  to put forth secondary shoots or stems :  to put forth branches (see ¹branch 1) :  ramify

:  to extend in different directions from a main part or point :  to spring out (as from a main stem) :  diverge

:  to follow one of two or more parts of a computer program executed as a result of a program decision :  to follow one of two or more branches (see ¹branch 2e)