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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
taproot
    n 1: (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward
         from the stem
    2: something that provides an important central source for
       growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment";
       "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Taproot \Tap"root`\, n. (Bot.)
   The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly
   downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Taproot:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
beginning, bulb, bulbil, commencement, conception, corm, derivation, genesis, grass roots, head, inception, origin, original, origination, provenience, radical, radicle, radix, rhizome, rise, root, rootstock, source, stem, stock, tap, tuber, tubercle
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