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rooty en · ADJ

Etymology

From root + -y.

Meanings

  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

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rootier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
rootiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

rootiness

Translations (3)

la rādīcōsus (full of roots) · hy բազմարմատ (full of roots) · hy արմատաշատ (full of roots)