'rootbound' definitions:
Definition of 'rootbound'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots [syn: potbound, rootbound]
adjective
Having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner
Definition of 'rootbound'
From: GCIDE
- entangled \entangled\ adj.
- 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
- Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as, entangled in the conflict.
- Syn: embroiled. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net; ensnared. [WordNet 1.5]