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rootlike

rootlike adjective: resembling a root or roots (of a plant), or some aspect of them.

Adjective

rootlike (comparative more rootlike, superlative most rootlike)

  1. Resembling a root or roots (of a plant), or some aspect of them.

Forms of rootlike

comparativemore rootlike
superlativemost rootlike

Origin of rootlike

From root + -like.

Questions about rootlike

What does rootlike mean?
Rootlike means resembling a root or roots (of a plant), or some aspect of them.
What part of speech is rootlike?
Rootlike is an adjective.

Words near rootlike in the dictionary

  1. rootlessly
  2. rootlessness
  3. rootlessnesses
  4. rootlet
  5. rootlets
  6. rootlike
  7. rootling
  8. rootlings
  9. rootogram
  10. rootograms
  11. rootrot

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