rooty

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adjective

Full of roots.

“The vegetable stew had an earthy, rooty flavour.”

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Meanings

adjectiverooty (comparative rootier, superlative rootiest)

comparative rootier · superlative rootiest

  1. Full of roots.

    Disk plows also are better suited to rough, stony, and rooty ground because the disks ride over the obstructions.

    2012, Douglas M. Considine, Foods and Food Production Encyclopedia, page 2023
  2. Resembling or characteristic of roots.

    The vegetable stew had an earthy, rooty flavour.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rutty

Origin

From root + -y.

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Translations

Latin rādīcōsus
  • rādīcōsusfull of roots
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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