taproot

/'tæpru:t/

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中文翻译

n. 主根, 直根

[医] 直根

英文解释

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

n. something that provides an important central source for growth or development

常见例句

any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

n any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine n

n an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial n any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine n a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles

n curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base