1
[ noun ] fixedness by or as if by roots

Examples

"strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"

Related terms

stationariness

2
[ noun ] the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Examples

"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance" "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation" "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River" "communism's Russian root"

3
[ noun ] a developed system of roots

Synonyms

root_system

Related terms

system root

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