Sentence examples for The taproot from inspiring English sources
noun
A long, tapering root possessed by many plants (such as carrots and dandelions).
The taproot ranges in shape from globular to long and tapered.
The taproot or primary roots in such a system have a vascular cambium and are thickened by secondary growth.
The taproot does not persist long in arborescent cycads but is replaced by large adventitious roots, which obscure the basic taproot system of the seedling.
The taproot is at least 56 mm long and 1.1 mm wide proximally, but decreases in width towards the tip.
Leo Tolstoy claimed that "vegetarianism is the taproot of humanitarianism".
Domesticity is the taproot which enables the nation to branch wide and high.
The Free Speech Movement is the taproot of a tree with many branches.
From the taproot are produced smaller lateral roots (secondary roots) that grow horizontally or diagonally.
I said, "I really think that I was plugged straight into the taproot of New Orleans culture".
But you can be too angry and too anxious, too cut off from the taproot of your own strong opinions.
Thus, many orders of roots of descending size are produced from a single prominent root, the taproot.
