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What is a taproot?

What is a taproot? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) A long, tapering root possessed by many plants (such as carrots and dandelions). [from early 17th c.]
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Here, taproot pruning has to be repeated and it is done on both sides of each row of plants.
The root system will have a deteriorated taproot and lateral roots will only be evident in the upper soil profile.
Transverse taproot sections were treated with antibodies raised against the 23 kDa protein.
Narrowleaf four-o'clock is perennial from a deep woody taproot crowned with a branching structure called a caudex.
Its primary taproot easily grows to 15 feet and when searching for moisture, as deep as 150 feet.
The thistle is a biennial plant, and this one is in its first year, when it develops a deep taproot.

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