TAPROOT

Meaning of TAPROOT in English

/tap"rooht', -root'/ , n. Bot.

a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots. See illus. under root 1 .

[ 1595-1605; TAP 2 + ROOT 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TAPROOT — noun Etymology: 1tap Date: 1601 a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots, the central …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAPROOT — Main root of a primary-root system. It grows vertically downward. From the taproot arise smaller lateral roots (secondary roots), which …
Английский словарь Британика
TAPROOT — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tap (I) + root 1. : a root having a prominent central portion, growing vertically downward, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAPROOT — (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Английский словарь Webster
TAPROOT — ( n. ) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAPROOT — n. main root of a plant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAPROOT — noun Etymology: tap (I) Date: 1601 1. : a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAPROOT — noun the root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Webster English vocab
TAPROOT — ■ noun a straight tapering root growing vertically downwards and forming the centre from which subsidiary rootlets spring.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAPROOT — [tap.root] n [[1]tap] (1601) 1: a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots 2: the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAPROOT — taproot BrE AmE ˈtæp ruːt ▷ taproot|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAPROOT — / ˈtæpruːt; NAmE / noun the main root of a plant that grows straight downwards and produces smaller side roots
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAPROOT — tap ‧ root /ˈtæpruːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] the large main root of a plant, from which smaller roots grow
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAPROOT — n. Main root of a primary-root system. It grows vertically downward. From the taproot arise smaller lateral roots (secondary roots), …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TAPROOT — Synonyms and related words : beginning, bulb, bulbil, commencement, conception, corm, derivation, genesis, grass roots, head, inception, origin, original, origination, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAPROOT — Taproot taproot бот. стержневой корень
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAPROOT — Стержневой корень
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TAPROOT — стержневой корень
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TAPROOT — стержневой корень, главный корень
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TAPROOT — стержневой корень, главный корень
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TAPROOT — стержневой корень
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TAPROOT — стержневой корень
English-Russian vocab
TAPROOT — Taproot taproot бот. стержневой корень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAPROOT — стержневой корень
Англо-Русский словарь
TAPROOT — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ rüt, - ˌ ru ̇ t Function: noun Etymology: 1 tap Date: 1601 1 : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TAPROOT — стержневой корень
English-Russian Online Dictionary
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE — noun Date: 1895 a widely naturalized Eurasian biennial herb ( Daucus carota ) which has a whitish acrid taproot and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUFFALO GOURD — noun Date: circa 1928 a perennial foul-smelling cucurbit ( Cucurbita foetidissima ) of arid lands of the central and southwest …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SALSIFY — or oyster plant or vegetable oyster Biennial herbaceous plant ( Tragopogon porrifolius ) of the composite family , native to …
Английский словарь Британика
ROOT
Britannica English vocabulary
CONIFER — any member of the division Coniferophyta, living and fossil gymnospermous plants that usually have needle-shaped, evergreen leaves and seeds attached …
Britannica English vocabulary
BEET — cultivated form of the plant Beta vulgaris of the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae), one of the most important vegetables. Four distinct …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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