rootbound :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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adj. having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner

adj. (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots

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adj. especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"

adj. twined or twisted together

adj. tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"

adj. tangled in a dense mass; "tried to push through the matted undergrowth"

adj. of land or soil

adj. planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils"

adj. of plants; planted or grown in a pot; "potted geraniums"

adj. grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a quickset hawthorn hedge"

adj. sprinkled with seed; "a seeded lawn"

adj. growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds

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