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n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical.

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	n.) ~~The descending, and commonly branching, axis~~ of ~~a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix~~ the ~~plant~~ in ~~the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as~~ a ~~reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to~~ a ~~wall, etc., as in the ivy~~, or ~~may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids~~.		n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical.