Phrase Hound found 65 phrases and 56 compound words that contain roots. The most common are listed below. Open roots in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 65
- grass rootsPeople and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity.
- roots of unityplural of root of unity: An element of a given field (especially, a complex number) x such that for some positive integer n, xⁿ = 1.
- roots-rockA genre of popular rock music influenced by Americana and roots music.
- put down rootsTo establish oneself in a place; to become settled.
- digital rootsplural of digital root: The single digit obtained from a number by repetitive digitaddition
- roots musicAny style of folk music, or any style of modern popular music influenced by traditional styles.
- roots wineA naturally fermented medicinal drink popular in Jamaica, made from herbs and roots often blended with honey or molasses.
- square rootsplural of square root: The number which, when squared, yields another number.
- strictly rootsUsed to express a commitment to authentic, traditional roots reggae music and the culture associated with it, rejecting mainstream, commercialized pop music styles.
- cube rootsplural of cube root: Of a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.
- aerial rootsplural of aerial root: Any adventitious root that grows from a plant stem above ground.
- roots reggaeA genre of reggae with a rootsy, folk-influenced style and a lyrical focus on social, political and spiritual (especially Rastafarian) themes.
- daisy rootsBoots or other footwear
- ginger rootsplural of ginger root: Ginger, the underground stem, or rhizome, of the plant Zingiber officinale.
- primitive rootsplural of primitive root: For a given modulus n, a number g such that for every a coprime to n there exists an integer k such that gᵏ ≡ a (mod n); a generator (or primitive element) of the multiplicative group, modulo n, of integers …
- sensory rootsplural of sensory root: A nerve root containing only sensory fibers.
- putting down rootspresent participle and gerund of put down roots
- dorsal rootsplural of dorsal root: The one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and consists of sensory fibers
- buttress-rootsplural of buttress-root: A root growing from the above-ground stem or trunk, and providing support.
- stilt rootsplural of stilt root: A descending root growing from the trunk above ground and sometimes featuring lenticels.
- bread-rootsplural of bread-root: The edible root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta).
- cancer rootsplural of cancer root: Any of various low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, including:
- China rootsplural of China root: An East Asian plant of species Smilax glabra and the drugs made from the root, used in traditional Chinese medicine and formerly as a treatment for syphilis.
- functional rootsplural of functional root: A function which, when applied a given number of times, equals another given function.
- multiple rootsplural of multiple root: A root of a polynomial equation which has multiplicity greater than one.
Compound words 56
- pegrootsThe bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus)
- grassrootsOf, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
- alumrootsplural of alumroot: Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Heuchera, native to North America.
- arrowrootsplural of arrowroot: Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
- balsamrootsplural of balsamroot: A perennial of the genus Balsamorhiza in the sunflower family, native to western North America.
- barerootsplural of bareroot: A plant removed from soil in a dormant state, from which it can more rapidly acclimate to new soil conditions.
- beetrootsplural of beetroot: A normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
- bethrootsplural of bethroot: Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers.
- birthrootsplural of birthroot: Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers.
- biscuitrootsplural of biscuitroot: Any of a number of North American plants in the genus Lomatium with edible, starchy roots.