ADVENTITIOUS ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adventitious root mean? 

• ADVENTITIOUS ROOT (noun)
  The noun ADVENTITIOUS ROOT has 1 sense:

1. root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

  Familiarity information: ADVENTITIOUS ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADVENTITIOUS ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("adventitious root" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)