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单词 root end
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root endn.

Brit. /ˌruːt ˈɛnd/, U.S. /ˌrut ˈɛnd/, /ˌrʊt ˈɛnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: root n.1, end n.
Etymology: < root n.1 + end n.
1. The end of a plant stem, seed, etc., which is next to the root, or from which the root develops.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > part where stem meets root
root end1577
cingulum1845
vital node1861
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 95/2v, in R. Holinshed Chron. I To shoote at the roote ende, which maltsters call comming.
1636 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 54 A heart hardned with long custom of sinning..is like the knotty root-end of an old oak.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 343 When the Sprits come forth at the Root-end of the Corn.
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 331 When you take out the Lint..set it up on the Root-end in Rows.
1879 A. Gray in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) I. 13 The root..originates in tissue just back of that which covers the root-end of the caulicle.
1964 Plant Physiol. 39 693/2 The cessation of hypocotyl elongation was followed by thickening of the root end which finally became a brownish mass of tissue.
1995 R. Gray & R. Rogers River Cafe Cook Bk. (1996) iv. 174 Trim the root ends of the onions taking care not to cut them off completely.
2. In extended use: the end of a hair, nail, etc., nearer to the root; the extremity of a root of a tooth.
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the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > parts of nail
root end1675
lunula1828
eponychium1885
cuticle1907
the world > life > the body > hair > parts of hair > [noun]
pithOE
root end1675
shaft1748
medulla1826
stem1845
Henle's layer1850
Henle's sheath1853
epicuticle1949
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > root or base
rootc1225
base?c1425
basis1615
fund1636
fundus1659
root end1675
origin1692
radix1697
1675 Accomplish'd Lady's Delight 353 Par-boyl a couple of Neats-Tongues, then cut out the Meat at the Root-end as far as you can, not breaking it out at the sides.
1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler v. 39 Clip off the root end of the feather close by the arming.
1766 R. Brookes Art of Angling (new ed.) 65 Then whip their Root-ends with your Silk a few Laps.
1872 Friend 23 Nov. 107/2 The root ends of the bristles must be kept together.
1917 Internat. Jrnl. Orthodontia & Oral Surg. 7 39 If a root end is more or less surrounded by an abscess cavity it will register in radiographs, if at all, at the end of the affected tooth.
1946 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 49 157 (caption) Jack Rabbit. A, longitudinal section of guard hair near root-end.
2007 A. S. Wilson & M. T. P. Gilbert in T. Thompson & S. Black Forensic Human Identification ix. 159 Drugs are incorporated into nails by..deposition at the root end of the growing nail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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