rootbound

Speech parts

1. rootbound - Adjective

2. rootbound - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

having the roots matted or densely tangled

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

potbound foul entangled naturalized cropped tangled matted knotty planted afoul fouled snarly enmeshed snarled naturalised
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Antonyms

untangled unplanted

Examples

shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rootball rootbark rootbeer rootcap rootch rooted