'Taproot' definitions:
Definition of 'taproot'
(from WordNet)
noun
(botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem
noun
Something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot"
Definition of 'Taproot'
From: GCIDE
- Taproot \Tap"root`\, n. (Bot.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'taproot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beginning,
- bulb,
- bulbil,
- commencement,
- conception,
- corm,
- derivation,
- genesis,
- grass roots,
- head,
- inception,
- origin,
- original,
- origination,
- provenience,
- radical,
- radicle,
- radix,
- rhizome,
- rise,
- root,
- rootstock,
- source,
- stem,
- stock,
- tap,
- tuber,
- tubercle