A large or prominent root system of a plant, or a plant species with particularly large roots.
Simple compound from 'big' plus 'root' (Old English, from Proto-Germanic); likely named descriptively based on the visible characteristic of the plant.
Some plants like desert scrublands develop enormous root systems that extend far deeper than their visible above-ground parts—nature's underground architecture is as complex as what we see above ground but almost never observed.
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