Term: 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
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: iodine-131: heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days; used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goiter
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: mussel: marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: stuff: informal terms for personal possessions
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: ammonia: a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3)
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: malaysian monetary unit: monetary unit is Malaysia
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: polymyositis: myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: quarter plate: a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: exodontics: the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: direction: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
Broader: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: longboat: the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel