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rooty

rooty adjective: full of roots.

Adjective

rooty (comparative rootier, superlative rootiest)

  1. Full of roots.
    • Disk plows also are better suited to rough, stony, and rooty ground because the disks ride over the obstructions.2012, Douglas M. Considine, Foods and Food Production Encyclopedia, page 2023
  2. Resembling or characteristic of roots.
    • The vegetable stew had an earthy, rooty flavour.

Forms of rooty

comparativerootier
superlativerootiest

Origin of rooty

From root + -y.

Words formed from rooty

Phrases with rooty

Questions about rooty

What does rooty mean?
Rooty means full of roots.
What part of speech is rooty?
Rooty is an adjective.

Words near rooty in the dictionary

  1. rootwork
  2. rootworker
  3. rootworkers
  4. rootworm
  5. rootworms
  6. rooty
  7. Rooty Hill
  8. rootzone
  9. rootzones
  10. rooved
  11. rooves

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