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1.
rọ̄te
n.(4)
261 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A root of a tree or other plant; the underground stock of a plant from which new shoots or leaves are periodically produced, a rhyzome, tuber;
rote ne braunch
;
dokke rote
[see also
dokke
n.
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