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Answer for the clue "Plant root ", 5 letters:
radix

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context linguistics English) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived. 2 (context biology English) A root. 3 (context mathematics English) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as 10 for decimal. ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Radix is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails , aquatic pulmonate gastropods in the family Lymnaeidae , the pond snails. The genus Radix has a Palaearctic distribution.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Radix \Ra"dix\ (r[=a]"d[i^]ks), n.; pl. L. Radices (r[a^]d"[i^]*s[=e]z), E. Radixes (r[=a]"d[i^]ks*[e^]z). [L. radix, -icis, root. See Radish .] (Philol.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon. (Math.) A number or ...

Usage examples of radix.

We put our bergens on and set off, carrying photography kit and large radices so we could communicate with the rest of the patrol.

Radix garage was located at the end of another of the long underground tunnels Caine had come to expect of the Argentian resistance.

And he imagined that they had been fragmented, and had traveled back in time, a fragment of each to lodge here and there in the newborn throughout history, to lodge as an obsession, glint, or insight, turning the psyches of so many in the past just enough to lead to lives and works which would lead, inevitably, stochastically, Ideologically, to the creation and destruction of Radix Malorum.

If any Radix member gets killed because you didn't consult with us you'll face a summary court-martial.