Associations to the word «Taproot»

Wiktionary

TAPROOT, noun. (botany) A long, tapering root possessed by many plants (such as carrots and dandelions). [from early 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

TAPROOT, noun. (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem.
TAPROOT, noun. Something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot".

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.