rootball

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noun

The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container.

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Meanings

nounrootball (plural rootballs)

plural rootballs · alternative root ball

  1. The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container.

Origin

From root + ball.

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Translations

Catalan arrelam
  • arrelamroots and associated soil
Finnish juuripaakku
  • juuripaakkuroots and associated soil
German Wurzelballen
  • Wurzelballenroots and associated soil
Punjabi ਚਕਲੀ
  • ਚਕਲੀ (caklī)roots and associated soil
Spanish cepellón, raigambre
  • cepellónroots and associated soil
  • raigambreroots and associated soil
Vietnamese bầu
  • bầuroots and associated soil
Cite this entry
APA

rootball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rootball

MLA

“rootball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rootball. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rootball,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rootball.

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