root
organ of a higher plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground, absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil, and does not bear leaves or buds
taproot
the large single root of plants such as the dandelion, which grows vertically downwards and bears smaller lateral roots
buttress root
large, wide roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree
aerial root
root which grows above the ground
lateral root
smallest part of a plant's roots
canopy root
type of root that grows out of a tree branch underneath an epiphytic mat
Fine root
thin plant root
adventitious root
root resulting from a part of a shoot after the death of the germ root or the main root or during vegetative propagation