Root

:For other meanings of root, see Root (disambiguation).

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In vascular plants, the root is that organ of a plant body that typically lies below the surface of the soil (compare with stem). However, this is not always the case, since a root can also be aerial (that is, growing above the ground) or aerating (that is, growing up above the ground or especially above water). On the other hand, a stem normally occurring below ground is not exceptional either (see rhizome). So, it is better to define root as a part of a plant body that bears no leaves, and therefore also lacks nodes. There are also important internal structural differences between stems and roots. The two major functions of roots are 1) absorption of water and inorganic nutrients and 2) anchoring the plant body to the ground.

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Vascular plant: Non-seed-bearing plantsEquisetophytaLycopodiophytaPsilotophytaPteridophytaSuperdivision SpermatophytaPinophytaCycadophytaGinkgophytaGnetophytaMagnoliophytaThe vascular plants are a plant group including the ferns, clubmosses, horsetails, flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms. Scientific n...

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Washington Attorney Thomas Root Flying His Cessna Plane	Pinedrops a Saprophyte or Root Parasite on the Forest Floor (Pterospora Andromedea) North America	Bow before me, for I am root.	Bow before me, for I am root.