The phrase "a few root" is not correct in written English.
It should be "a few roots" if referring to multiple roots.
Example: "In the garden, I found a few roots that needed to be removed to make space for new plants."
Alternatives: "several roots" or "a couple of roots."
In the uniformly wet tropics, the choice is limited to a few root crops and still fewer greens.
Apart from a few root vegetables, no fresh produce is imported to Norfolk Island, so the market is where many locals source their weekly fruit and vegetable supply.
Also, the duo has no bass player, even though hearing a few root notes would make their short, catchy songs easier to follow.
Comfrey is easy to propagate and if you find another plot holder growing some it's almost a dead certainty that they will gladly oblige in supplying you with a few root cuttings or offsets.
Agriculture is the main economic activity with rain-fed, small-holder farms for growing mainly bananas, coffee, beans, groundnuts, vegetables and a few root crops such as cassava and potatoes mainly for subsistence.
However, deep-rooted species often are characterized by having a few roots, sometimes called sinker roots, which can reach great depths and are specialized for water transport (Pate et al. 1995; Dawson and Pate 1996; McElrone et al. 2004; Stromberg 2013) and may utilize hydraulic lift and redistribution (Oliveira et al. 2005).
"I got a few roots of Mrs. Perry D. Slocum about 10 years ago.
If they're running a bit rampant, fork up a few roots or undercut them with a spade.
There are a few roots drinks for women, but sorrel, ginger beer and carrot juice are preferred to a tonic.
But the rising popularity of occult story lines arguably has a few roots in the cult we have made of youthful achievement.
A few roots and bulbs of wildflowers, like lupines and fireweeds, tumbled along the top of the rolling avalanche, as opposed to being buried 600 feet below, and set up shop as soon as the ground stopped moving.
