root in Malay
akar
UK/ɹuːt/
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British/ɹʉwt/
root in Malay: akar, punca. 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.
Malay words for root
- part of a plant
- akar
- computing: highest directory of a directory structure
- punca
English meaning of root
- 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.
- noun A root vegetable.
- noun The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- noun The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
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
root in other languages
- root in Hindi
- root in Tamil
- root in Marathi
- root in Urdu
- root in Bengali
- root in Telugu
- root in Malayalam
- root in Kannada
- root in Punjabi
- root in Gujarati
- root in Odia
- root in Sanskrit
- root in Sinhala
- root in Assamese
- root in Nepali
- root in Pashto
- root in Tagalog
- root in Arabic
- root in Indonesian
- root in Persian
- root in Thai
- root in Vietnamese
- root in Myanmar
Questions about root in Malay
- What is the meaning of root in Malay?
- Root in Malay is akar, punca.
- Apakah maksud root dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Root: akar, punca.
- 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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