Deep-rooted

Quick meaning: Deep-rooted is an adjective meaning (literally, botany) Of a plant, having deep roots.

Meaning

(literally, botany) Of a plant, having deep roots.

More Meanings

1. Of a non-living object, deeply and firmly embedded (in the ground, etc.)
2. (figurative) Firmly established in thought or behavior and difficult to change.

Example Sentences

They avoid conflict at all costs because of their deep-rooted fear of upsetting people.

[His love was] as impossible to restore to growth as a deep-rooted plant torn from its bed.

He observed the leaves of trees there abouts more deeply green then else∣where, the Oakes broad-spreading, but not deep-rooted;

The roots of prairie species are grouped into about three more or less definite absorbing layers , many of the deeper-rooted species having few or no absorbing roots in the first few feet of soil.

Word Forms

• deeper-rooted
• deepest-rooted

Synonyms for deep-rooted

Depending on context, synonyms include ineradicable, bred-in-the-bone, deep-seated, deep-lying, established, ingrained.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include established, deep-seated, ingrained, implanted, planted, long-established.

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