The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
파생어
rootage [명] rootless [형] rootlike [형] rooty [형]
예문
1. root the seeds in a hot bed (온상에서 씨가 뿌리박게 하다) 2. the root of the matter (사물의 근저, 본질적 부분) 3. Terror rooted me to the ground. (무서워서 나는 그 자리에서 꿈쩍 못했다) 4. A crime rooted in his pride. (그 범죄는 그의 자존심이 발단이 되었다) 5. root out an evil (악폐를 근절하다)
