“If the primary root remains the largest root of the plant and continues its growth to become the main root, it is known as a tap root.”

“To Kaitlin, he looked like the root of all her nightmares.”

“That old adage is actually the root of our discussion and begs another question.”

“When Tiger seemed too good for his age, and the other parents took him for a ringer, Tida was his one rooter on the course.”

“Another fan, this one a Patriots rooter, clearly had had more than his share of beer and was making a spectacle of himself in the stands.”

“From behind the other closed doors, the merry voices of the checker-players and rooter grew very audible.”

“Chris has roots in the Kilmead area as some of his relatives resided at Moatfield at one time.”

“Naaz Hosseini's voice slips from a serene hum to a full-throated wail to a sweet high-pitched lilt, flavored by her roots in Armenia and Persia.”

“At The Australian, they reminisced about News Corp's Australian roots as Rupert clocked up yet another corporate victory.”

“Where the peak leaned to the valley, the trunk of a giant pine jutted forth slantingly from a roothold a little below the summit.”

“Gnarled, stunted cedars and gray, twisted cypress clung for a roothold to these barren ledges.”

“This will allow young native trees such as oak, ash or beech to reclaim a roothold in the woods.”

“An uncle might be around to offer a spare bedroom, or a job at the plant, or the church might be there for guidance, for rootedness.”

“Frank Griswold and the Trinity Institute have used the image to signify both our rootedness in tradition and our innovation within it.”

“However, his insights demand a stronger rootedness in postmodern theories of identity and self-reflexive fiction.”

“I think about her whenever I consider my own rootlessness and am graced by the memory of how quickly she sought land and soil to affirm her place in America.”

“He moved around a lot with his father's job, and a rootlessness developed that still remains.”

“Culture provides identity and, in a fast-changing world of displacement and rootlessness, becomes ever more important.”

“The rootlet then drills into the branch and spreads its developing roots under the bark and into the living tissue.”

“Upon germination, broomrape seeds develop a small radicle that grows chemotropically towards host roots and firmly connects to a host rootlet.”

“It sent downward a rootlet to get soil and water, and upward it shot a stem to which the first pair of leaves was attached.”

“Chris has roots in the Kilmead area as some of his relatives resided at Moatfield at one time.”

“Naaz Hosseini's voice slips from a serene hum to a full-throated wail to a sweet high-pitched lilt, flavored by her roots in Armenia and Persia.”

“At The Australian, they reminisced about News Corp's Australian roots as Rupert clocked up yet another corporate victory.”

“Supplementations of hormones can, for example, promote growth of rootlets in tissue culture.”

“Below the cervical enlargement, the dorsal rootlets, roots and ganglia diminish rapidly in size.”

“The barley was first allowed to germinate, or sprout rootlets, in a moist environment.”

“Imagine, Chiefs rooters applauding loudly for the Giants before their contest, acknowledging their opponents' link to New York City.”

“It won't be long, I'm sure, before Tiger rooters will start painting the links red.”

“Cubs rooters, in fact, may well be the only fans in professional sports that learn from an early age to wear a protective cup to games.”