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ROOTBOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rootbound mean?
• ROOTBOUND (adjective)
The adjective ROOTBOUND has 2 senses:
1. (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
2. having the roots matted or densely tangled
Familiarity information: ROOTBOUND used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
Synonyms:
potbound; rootbound
Similar:
planted (set in the soil for growth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the roots matted or densely tangled
Context example:
shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs
Similar:
tangled (in a confused mass)
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