Botany. An adventitious root projecting from the trunk of a tree in the manner of a buttress, serving to give the tree additional support; = buttre…
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释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > root > buttress-root (4) buttress1759 Botany. An adventitious root projecting from the trunk of a tree in the manner of a buttress, serving to give the tree additional support; = buttre… buttress root1851 an adventitious root projecting from the trunk of a tree in the manner of a buttress, serving to give the tree additional support; = sense 5a. root swelling1851 (a) the swelling of the root of a plant; (also) an instance of this; a tuber, root nodule, etc.; (b) = root swell n. plank buttress1903 a buttress root forming a broad, flat growth at the base of the trunk in certain tropical trees. |
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