rootbound | Amarkosh

Meaning of word rootbound from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots.

Synonyms : potbound

Meaning : Having the roots matted or densely tangled.

Example : Shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs.

inversely (adverb)
In an inverse or contrary manner.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

unmatched (adjective)
Of the remaining member of a pair.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

make (noun)
A recognizable kind.

submaxilla (noun)
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.