roots

noun

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Definition of roots:

roots (noun):: the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.; the part of a plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground and absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil; 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

Synonyms for roots:

ancestor

antecedent

ascendant

ascendent

base

beginning

beginnings

commencements

cradles

etymon

fonts

fountainheads

fountains

geneses

origin

origins

radical

radicle

radix

rhizome

root

root word

rootage

seedbeds

solution

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Antonyms for roots:

completion

conclusion

consequence

death

discouragement

effect

end

ending

entertainment

finish

fun

goal

hindrance

issue

lineages

outcome

outgrowth

parent

posterity

progenitures

progeny

result

seed

speech

termination

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