Assertion: fig's root | /r/CapableOf | establish contact
Facets:
value: with the ground
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In figs of this group, seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree with the seedling living as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground.
text: As Ficus macrophylla is a strangler fig, seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree and the seedling lives as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground.