Assertion: prickly pear's pad | /r/CapableOf | take root
Facets:
value: simply
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The broken off stem segments readily take root and create whole plants, which means that if a grazing animal or other force disturbs the plant, the scattered stem segments or pads simply take root where they drop, spreading the plant across an ever widening area (Dodd 1968).