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root in Arabic

جَذْر jaḏr

UK/ɹuːt/

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British/ɹʉwt/

root in Arabic: جَذْر (jaḏr), جدر (gedr), شرش (šereš), أَصْل (ʔaṣl). In English, root means the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.

Arabic words for root

part of a plant
جَذْر jaḏr, جدر gedr, شرش šereš
of a tooth
جَذْر jaḏr
primary source
أَصْل ʔaṣl
arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression
جَذْر jaḏr
linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word
جَذْر jaḏr
philology: word from which another word or words are derived
أَصْل ʔaṣl

English meaning of root

  1. noun The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
  2. noun A root vegetable.
  3. noun The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
  4. noun The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.

Full definition of root

root in a sentence

  • This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
  • Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
  • The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.

Synonyms of root

All synonyms of root

root in other languages

Questions about root in Arabic

What is the meaning of root in Arabic?
Root in Arabic is جَذْر (jaḏr), جدر (gedr), شرش (šereš), أَصْل (ʔaṣl).
ما معنى كلمة root؟
Root: جَذْر (jaḏr), جدر (gedr), شرش (šereš), أَصْل (ʔaṣl).
What does root mean in English?
Root means the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.

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