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Adj.	1.	rootbound - (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots potbound planted - set in the soil for growth
	2.	rootbound - having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner tangled - in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

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potbound			Cut When plants grow in containers, they become rootbound, which means the roots tend to grow around in circles 7/8 the same shape as the container. STAYING IN > GARDENING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) They only grow to a maximum of 12ft and are rootbound so they won't spread," she said. South City News: More trees on way for green phase 3; QUINTON: ... by Birmingham Mail (England) Anyway, the garlic plants in pots went out of the cool greenhouse this last week, planted into barely manageable soil on account of the fact that the plants were becoming rootbound in the pots with rootlets showing very clearly through the pot bottoms. Dig this by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			root hairs root knot Root leaf Root louse root mean square root nodule root nodules Root of a nail Root of a tooth Root of an equation root on root out root position root pressure root reptile root rot root system root treatment root up root vegetable root word root-and-branch Root-and-branch men root-canal therapy rootage rootbound Rootcap rooted rootedness rooter rooter skunk Rootery roothold rooting rooting compound rooting reflex rootle rootless rootlessness rootlet roots roots music rootserver rootstalk rootstock rootworm rooty ropable Ropalic rope rope bridge			Root-mean-square Root-mean-square Root-mean-square Root-Mean-Square Acceleration Root-Mean-Square Averaging Process Root-Mean-Square Current Root-Mean-Square Current Root-Mean-Square Deviation Root-Mean-Square Deviation root-mean-square error Root-mean-square error of cross-validation Root-Mean-Square Error of Prediction Root-Mean-Square in Seconds root-mean-square sound pressure root-mean-square value Root-Mean-Square Voltage Root-Mean-Square Voltage Root-Mean-Square Voltage Root-Mean-Squared Fluctuation Root-squaring method root-squaring methods root-sum-square value Root.cern Root.cern Root.cern Root.cern Root/Global Directory System Agent rootage Rootbeer Rootbeer float rootbound Rootcap rooted rooted rooted rooted rooted rooted belief Rooted Directed Acyclic Graph rooted for rooted for rooted for rooted for Rooted hierarchy Rooted hierarchy Rooted hierarchy Rooted hierarchy Rooted hierarchy rooted in Rooted in Christ Ministries rooted on rooted on rooted on rooted on rooted ordered tree rooted out rooted out rooted out rooted out rooted to rooted to the spot

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