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Root sucker
Shoot arising from adventitious buds on root.
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Root nodules
Small rounded bodies on the roots, usually containing bacteria that fix nitrogen from the air.
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Rootlet
Narrow root; Branch of a root.
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Root-crown
The place where the root changes into the stem at ground level; Sometimes the hairy or bracteate apical part of the perennial rootstock where the annual shoots are burned or grazed off.
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Root boss
(In palms) swelling at the base of stem from which the roots arise.
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Robust
Strong, thick, vigorous.
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Rivulose
Marked with narrow, wavy, irregular lines.
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Ripe
Mature, complete for its function.
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Riparian
Of river banks or lake shores.
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Ringent
(In a 2-lipped corolla) with the lips gaping and widely separate [unusual term]. Gaping open.
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