How do you define the word root?

Answer 1

it is a part of the tree that is on the bottom of the tree

Answer 2

noun1 the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers : cacti have deep and spreading roots | a tree root.• the persistent underground part of a plant, esp. when fleshy and enlarged and used as a vegetable, e.g., a turnip or carrot.• any plant grown for such a root.• the embedded part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nail : her hair was fairer at the roots.• the part of a thing attaching it to a greater or more fundamental whole; the end or base : a little lever near the root of the barrel.2 the basic cause, source, or origin of something : love of money is the root of all evil| jealousy was at the root of it | [as adj. ] the root cause of the problem. See note at origin .• the essential substance or nature of something : matters at the heart and root of existence.• ( roots) family, ethnic, or cultural origins, esp. as the reasons for one's long-standing emotional attachment to a place or community : it's always nice to return to my roots.• [as adj. ] ( roots) denoting or relating to something, esp. music, from a particular ethnic or cultural origin, esp. a non-Western one : roots music.• (in biblical use) a scion; a descendant : the root of David.• Linguistics a morpheme, not necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification : many European words stem from this linguistic root | [as adj. ] the root form of the word.• Music the fundamental note of a chord.3 Mathematics a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself, typically a specified number of times, gives a specified number or quantity : find the cube root of the result.• short for square root .• a value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation : the roots of the equation differ by an integer.

Answer 3

the portion of a word that contains its basic meaning.

Answer 4

it is a part of the tree that is on the bottom of the tree