taproot in a sentence
pronunciation: [ [ 'tæpru:t ] ]
Examples
- Be careful when transplanting, the delicate taproot resents disturbance.
- "It's like having a taproot of a weed.
- Wright observed how well trees with taproots withstood hurricane-force winds.
- Its deep-feeding taproot makes it especially plant pathogens.
- Seedlings of hickory quickly develop a heavy taproot and fine lateral roots.
- It grows an extremely deep taproot, up to into the ground.
- It produces a taproot and spreads by means of horizontal underground rhizomes.
- Older plants may have multiple rosettes on top of the long taproot.
- They are sometimes woody at base with a conic taproot.
- The slender stem grows from a taproot and branches near the top.