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taproot vs. fibrous root

taproot

noun

Botany.
  1. a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots. root.

fibrous root

noun

  1. a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
  2. a root system that consists of very fine branches.