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root zones

root zones is the plural of root zone.

Meaning of root zone

Noun

root zone (plural root zones)

  1. The region of soil in which the roots of plants can effectively extract water and nutrients essential for growth.
    • So, too, repeated watering of this character would only exaggerate the difficulty until the soil of the root zone was too far dried to be further affected in the manner under consideration.1890, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Research Division, Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin for the Year...

Questions about root zones

What is root zones the plural of?
Root zones is the plural of root zone.

Words near root zones in the dictionary

  1. root vole
  2. root voles
  3. root word
  4. root words
  5. root zone
  6. root zones
  7. root-and-branch
  8. root-and-brancher
  9. root-and-branchers
  10. root-bound
  11. root-cause

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