unrooted
5.8
A plant or cutting that has not grown the parts that hold it in the soil
- adjective
- /ʌnˈruːtɪd/
- Specialized
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- An unrooted aquatic plant you find in a pond or lake will do.
Examples
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The unrooted seedlings were floating in the water, waiting to be planted.
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An unrooted cutting of the rose plant can take longer to grow.
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To survive, the unrooted plant needed to grow roots quickly.
How Rooted
Surface Forms
unrooted positive
Morphology
Etymology
Unrooted is simply un- 'not' plus root 'plant root', so it names a cutting or plant that does not yet have roots. This explains why an unrooted plant needs time or care to grow a root system.