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Research can be time-consuming and brutal, with a hike across just a few acres of knee-busting prop roots and shoe-sucking muck taking hours.
—Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 18 Apr. 2018
Its nearly 4,000 prop roots create an impression not just of multiple trees but of multiple personalities.
—Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
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“Prop root.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prop%20root. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
prop root
noun
: a root that braces or supports a plant
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