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
Thing organ_type Q41500
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root

Summary

root is an organ type[1]. root draws 1,110 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #37 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • root's instance of is recorded as organ type[3].
  • root is a type of plant organ[4].
  • root is part of plant[5].
  • root is part of root system[6].
  • root is part of tree[7].
  • root's Commons category is recorded as Roots[8].
  • root's said to be the same as is recorded as root system[9].
  • root comprises Q190872[10].
  • root comprises bark[11].
  • root's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plant roots[12].
  • root's Commons gallery is recorded as Root[13].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • root's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[19].
  • root's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[20].
  • root's different from is recorded as Korzeń[21].
  • root's different from is recorded as root system[22].
  • root's hashtag is recorded as plant_roots[23].
  • root's studied by is recorded as rhizometry[24].
  • root's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • root's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Plants[26].
  • root's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Soil[27].

Body

Definition and Type

root's instance of is recorded as organ type[3]. root is a type of plant organ[4].

Use and Application

Components include Q190872[10] and bark[11], a plant structure[28]. Part of include plant[5], a taxon[29]; root system[6]; and tree[7], an organisms known by a particular common name[30].

Why It Matters

root draws 1,110 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #37 of 50).[2] root has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] root is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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