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Definitions of taproot
  1. noun
    (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem
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  2. noun
    something that provides an important central source for growth or development
    "the taproot of his resentment" "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot"
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Definition that contains taproot
  • dock any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
  • sorrel any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
  • burdock any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
  • illecebrum verticullatum glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
  • genus angelica biennial or perennial herbs of the northern hemisphere; have a taproot
  • petroselinum crispum tuberosum parsley with smooth leaves and enlarged edible taproot resembling a savory parsnip
  • turnip-rooted parsley parsley with smooth leaves and enlarged edible taproot resembling a savory parsnip
  • balsamroot a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots
  • genus spraguea small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
  • sour grass any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
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