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Growth-restricted marsupial gets tense before jump
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rootbound
Word definitions for rootbound in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
entangled \entangled\ adj. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled . [Narrower terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled ; knotted, snarled, snarly ; matted ; rootbound ; intertwined ] Syn: tangled. deeply involved especially in something problematic; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of a potted plant; grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots [syn: potbound ] having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner ...
Usage examples of rootbound.
She placed a rootbound philarose on the bench beside her, and closed her eyes, resting, meditating.
The doorways were clogged by rootbound earth that was as hard as cement.