roots

/ruts/
/ruts/
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Definitions of roots
  1. noun
    the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
    “his roots in Texas go back a long way”
    “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”
    “his music has African roots”
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    type of:
    condition
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
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