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taproot

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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

(botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "taproot":
taproot tuba root
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