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| [[Image:Roots.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Root]]s of a ''[[Tetrameles nudiflora]]'' [[tree]] at the [[Ta Prohm]] [[temple]] in [[Cambodia]]]] | [[Image:Roots.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Root]]s of a ''[[Tetrameles nudiflora]]'' [[tree]] at the [[Ta Prohm]] [[temple]] in [[Cambodia]]]] | ||
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| + | In [[vascular plant]]s, the '''root''' is the [[plant organ|organ of a plant]] that typically lies below the surface of the [[soil]]. Roots can also be [[aerial root|aerial]] or aerating, that is growing up above the ground or especially above water. Furthermore, a stem normally occurring below ground is not exceptional either (see [[rhizome]]). Therefore, the root is best defined as the non-leaf, non-[[Node (botany)|nodes]] bearing parts of the plant's body. However, important internal structural differences between stems and roots exist. | ||
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"We're tired of trees. We should stop believing in trees, roots, and radicles. They've made us suffer too much. All of arborescent culture is founded on them, from biology to linguistics" --A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia --Deleuze & Guattari |
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In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil. Roots can also be aerial or aerating, that is growing up above the ground or especially above water. Furthermore, a stem normally occurring below ground is not exceptional either (see rhizome). Therefore, the root is best defined as the non-leaf, non-nodes bearing parts of the plant's body. However, important internal structural differences between stems and roots exist.
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- Rooting Powder
- Fibrous root system
- Mycorrhiza - root symbiosis in which individual hyphae extending from the mycelium of a fungus colonize the roots of a host plant.
- Rhizosphere - region of soil around the root influenced by root secretions and microorganisms present
- Root cutting
- Stolon
- Drought rhizogenesis
- Cypress knee
