ROOTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roots mean? 

• ROOTS (noun)
  The noun ROOTS has 1 sense:

1. the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

  Familiarity information: ROOTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROOTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

his music has African roots

Hypernyms ("roots" is a kind of...):

condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)

 Context examples 

The parts used can be fresh or dried leaves, roots, seeds and flowers.

(Herbal Tea, NCI Thesaurus)

An extract from the fruit is being studied as a treatment for cancer, and extracts from the fruit, leaves, or roots have been used in some cultures to treat other diseases.

(Morinda citrifolia, NCI Dictionary)

A plant whose roots are used as a sedative and to treat certain medical conditions.

(Garden heliotrope, NCI Dictionary)

The stems and roots are used in traditional medicine as a diuretic and for asthma, bronchitis, and cough.

(Ephedra, NCI Dictionary)

The resource will help reveal the early roots of brain-based disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.

(An Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, NIH)

A type of medicine that uses roots, stems, leaves, flowers, or seeds of plants to improve health, prevent disease, and treat illness.

(Botanical Therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Cyst of the nerve roots filled with cerebrospinal fluid, usually located in the sacral area of the spine.

(Perineural Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

A loss of gum tissue resulting in an exposure of the roots of the teeth.

(Gingival Recession, NCI Thesaurus)

To Holmes I wrote showing how rapidly and surely I had got down to the roots of the matter.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All of the component parts of a plant, whether above or below the roots.

(Plant, Whole, Food and Drug Administration)