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root system
- The configuration of a plant’s various roots. See more at fibrous root taproot.
Examples from the Web for root system Historical Examples of root system
It is not necessary to try to shape the root-system to any formal regularity.
L. H. Bailey
Success in using the antidote depends upon bringing it in contact with every part of the root-system of the plant.
Various
As a good part of the root-system is destroyed when the tree is dug, so is the top reduced to insure something like a balance.
L. H. Bailey
This may give an idea of the odd and strange appearance of the root-system in a mangrove forest.
G. F. Scott Elliot