Related Words for root

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side
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Noun
solution
x/x
Noun, Noun
source
/
Noun, Noun
rout
/
Noun, Noun
base
/
Noun, Noun
stem
/
Noun, Noun
origin
/xx
Noun, Noun
theme
/
Noun, Noun
basic
/x
Noun, Noun
radical
/xx
Noun, Noun
beginning
x/x
Noun, Noun
rhizome
/x
Noun
uproot
x/
Verb
underlying
xx/x
Adjective
tree
/
Noun
tuber
/x
Noun
leaf
/
Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
sprout
/
Noun
ramification
xxx/x
Noun
seedling
/x
Noun
propagate
/xx
Verb
cause
/
Noun
branch
/
Noun
core
/
Noun
plant
/
Noun
propagation
xx/x
Noun
kernel
/x
Noun
sapling
/x
Noun
remedy
/xx
Noun
canker
/x
Noun
shrub
/
Noun
seed
/
Noun
resolve
x/
Noun
rootstock
/x
Noun
grass roots
//
Phrase, Noun
bulb
/
Noun
layer
/x
Noun
stalk
/
Noun
trunk
/
Noun
crown
/
Noun
emergent
x/x
Adjective
stele
/
Noun
tiller
/x
Noun
vegetable
/xx
Noun
radix
/x
Noun
buttress
/x
Noun
spawn
/
Noun
pith
/
Noun
stand
/
Noun
offset
x/
Verb
foot
/
Noun
fruit
/
Noun
leader
/x
Noun
terrestrial
x/xx
Adjective
parent
/x
Noun
sucker
/x
Noun
stock
/
Noun
graft
/
Noun
runner
/x
Noun
stool
/
Noun
explant
x/
Noun
segment
/x
Noun
cutting
/x
Noun
collar
/x
Noun
understory
/xxx
Noun
xylem
/x
Noun
outgrowth
/x
Noun
nurse
/
Noun
collet
/x
Noun
mycelium
x/xx
Noun
limb
/
Noun
flower
/x
Noun
grass
/
Noun
sheath
/
Noun
parenchyma
x/xx
Noun
cortex
/x
Noun
scape
/
Noun
mandrake
/x
Adjective
valerian
x/xx
Adjective
pleurisy
/xx
Adjective
marshmallow
/xx
Adjective
peony
/xx
Adjective
ginseng
/x
Adjective
chicory
xxx
Adjective
astragalus
/xxx
Adjective
dandelion
/xxx
Adjective
unicorn
/xx
Adjective
ginger
/x
Adjective
planing
/x
Verb
affix
/x
Noun
gentian
/x
Adjective
rot
/
Noun, Verb
mesentery
xxxx
Noun
celery
/xx
Adjective
mesial
xxx
Adjective
protruding
x/x
Adjective
fern
/
Adjective
jesse
/x
Name
locus
/x
Verb
decoction
x/x
Noun
node
/
Adverb
iris
/x
Adjective
shoot
/
Noun, Adverb
nettle
/x
Adjective
minus
/x
Noun
turmeric
/xx
Adjective
molar
/x
Noun
horseradish
/xx
Adjective
corky
/x
Adjective
etymological
xxx/xx
Adjective
abnormal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
ancestry
/xx
Noun
anchor
/x
Noun, Verb
apex
/x
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bark
/
Noun, Verb
basal
/x
Adjective, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
beer
/
Noun, Verb
beet
/
Noun, Verb
bernstein
/x
Name
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
birthplace
/x
Noun
bluefin
/x
Noun
boil
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bud
/
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
canal
x/
Noun, Verb
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
carrot
/x
Noun, Verb
cassava
x/x
Noun
cement
x/
Noun, Verb
cementum
x/x
Noun
cerebrospinal
x/x/x
Adjective
cheer
/
Noun, Verb
column
/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
cord
/
Noun, Verb
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
crux
/
Noun
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
deepest
/x
Adjective
deepwater
/xx
Noun, Adjective
dendritic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dentine
/x
Noun
depth
/
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
dirt
/
Noun, Verb
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eaten
/x
Adjective
echinacea
xx/xx
Noun
entrench
x/
Verb
entrenchment
x/x
Noun
essence
/x
Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fig
/
Name, Verb
flagellar
x/x
Adjective
fleshy
/x
Adjective
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
food
/
Noun
foothold
/x
Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun
fount
/
Noun
fountainhead
/xx
Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
genesis
/xx
Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
grow
/
Verb, Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
headwaters
/xx
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
heartfelt
/x
Adjective
hinge
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
hyphal
/x
Adjective
inner
/x
Adjective, Noun
instil
x/
Verb
instrumental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
island
/x
Noun, Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
knot
/
Noun, Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
line
/
Noun, Verb
lino
/x
Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
manioc
/xx
Noun
nal
x
Name, Adjective
nub
/
Noun, Verb
occurrence
x/x
Noun
ointment
/x
Noun
ones
/
Noun
origen
/xx
Name
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
originating
x/xxx
Verb
owing
/x
Adjective
parsnip
//
Noun
pervasive
x/x
Adjective
phosphate
/x
Noun, Verb
place of origin
///xx
Phrase, Verb
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
profound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
provenance
/xx
Noun, Verb
pursuant
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
racine
x/
Name
radial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
radish
/x
Noun
reagan
/x
Name
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
red
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
response
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shower
/x
Noun, Verb
spinal
/x
Adjective, Noun
spine
/
Noun
spring
/
Noun, Verb
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
square root
//
Phrase, Noun
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
sweeping
/x
Adjective, Noun
taro
/x
Noun
thoroughgoing
/xxx
Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
salad
/x
Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective