ADVENTITIOUS ROOT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("adventitious root" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

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