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root meaning in Sinhala

මුල mula

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root in Sinhala: මුල (mula). 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.

Sinhala words for root

root; origin, source, outset
මුල mula

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.

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Questions about root in Sinhala

What is the meaning of root in Sinhala?
Root in Sinhala is මුල (mula).
root යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Root: මුල (mula).
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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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “root”: මුල. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: root (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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