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Groot is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (November 1960). An extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature, Groot originally appeared as an invader that intended to capture humans for experimentation.
The character was reintroduced as a heroic, noble being in 2006, and appeared in the crossover comic book storyline "Annihilation: Conquest". Groot went on to star in its spin-off series, Guardians of the Galaxy, joining the team of the same name. Groot has been featured in a variety of associated Marvel merchandise, including animated television series, toys, and trading cards. Vin Diesel voices Groot in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy, and Krystian Godlewski plays the character via performance capture. Since his film premiere, Groot has become a pop culture icon, with his repeated line "I am Groot" becoming a famous reference.
Groot is a Dutch surname. Groot means "big" in Dutch and the surname was originally a nickname for a tall person. The name is most common in the province of North Holland. It may refer to:
- Cees Groot (born 1932), Dutch footballer, brother of Henk
- Chantal Groot (born 1982), Dutch swimmer
- Cor Groot (1899–1978), Dutch Olympic sailor
- Cornelia Groot (born 1988), Dutch team handball player
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(born 1990), Dutch pole vaulter
- Ed Groot (born 1957), Dutch journalist and politician
- Gerard Groot (1340–1384), Dutch Roman Catholic deacon, founder of the Brethren of the Common Life
- Henk Groot (born 1938), Dutch footballer, brother of Cees
- Jacob Groot (1812–1893), Russian philologist
- Marike Groot (born 1968), Dutch singer
- Roger Groot (1942–2005), American law professor
Usage examples of "groot".
I walked around to the back of the stage, where Karin De Groot was waiting for me.
She glanced curiously at De Groot, who was still so close to me that it must have been obvious that we'd been doing our best to avoid being overheard.
The head of security for the conference, Joe Kepa, had viewed the copy De Groot had sent him of my call from the fishing boat, and he wanted to talk to me.
De Groot stood opposite me, hands clasped in front of her, eyes downcast.
Mosala asked De' Groot for a notepad, then put it on the mattress beside her, and turnedj onto her side so she could type.
I squatted on the floor, covering my head, cursing myself for not leaving with De Groot and Mosala-and cursing Akili for ignoring my messages.
I could see the logic of it: De Groot, and Mosala's family, would all be too well guarded to threaten directly-but they'd hardly sit back and let the extremists kill me, after I'd helped get Violet off Stateless.
No more threats to De Groot, no files destroyed, no negotiations-you're just going to hand it over.
And now the extremists have threatened to kill me if De Groot doesn't trash the TOE calculations.
Sarah gave detailed instructions to De Groot, a procedure for transferring authority over Mosala's supercomputer account.
You think De Groot read the finished TOE paper, and became the Keystone?
Karin De Groot speaks about Violet, anecdotes of generosity and intransigence.
Everywhere among our experts and technical men I hear the same thing: `If only Groot were here, he could do it.
As if prearranged, two officers left the table, ran to the horseshoe and grasped Groot on each side.
Don't let anyone but De Groot or his sidekick hold up the line, tell 'em to get off and we'll call 'em back.