Root vs. Shoot — What's the Difference?
By Tayyaba Rehman & Fiza Rafique — Updated on April 9, 2024
Roots anchor a plant and absorb nutrients from the soil, while shoots consist of stems and leaves, contributing to growth and photosynthesis.
Difference Between Root and Shoot
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Key Differences
Roots are the part of a plant that typically lie below the surface of the soil, responsible for anchoring the plant and absorbing water and nutrients essential for growth. On the other hand, shoots are the above-ground parts of a plant, including stems, leaves, and reproductive structures, which are crucial for photosynthesis, growth, and reproduction.
Root systems can vary widely, with some plants having deep taproots that reach far into the soil, while others have fibrous roots that spread out near the surface. Shoots, whereas, can vary from tender young stems and leaves in herbaceous plants to the complex branching systems of trees and shrubs.
Roots often contain specialized structures like root hairs and nodules, which increase surface area for absorption and can house symbiotic organisms beneficial to the plant's nutrient intake. Conversely, shoots feature structures like buds, flowers, and fruits, which serve reproductive purposes and new growth.
While roots generally grow downwards in response to gravity (geotropism), shoots grow upwards and towards light (phototropism and gravitropism), demonstrating the plant's adaptive responses to environmental conditions.
Environmental factors such as water availability, soil type, and nutrient content significantly influence root development and architecture. Similarly, light intensity, air quality, and the presence of pests and diseases can greatly affect shoot health and structure.
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Comparison Chart
Function
Anchors the plant; absorbs water and nutrients
Supports leaves; conducts photosynthesis
Location
Below ground
Above ground
Growth Direction
Downward (geotropism)
Upward (phototropism)
Structures
Root hairs, nodules
Leaves, buds, flowers
Response to
Gravity
Light and gravity
Environmental Influence
Soil type, water availability
Light intensity, pests
Compare with Definitions
Root
A root anchors the plant to the ground.
The oak tree's roots extend deeply into the earth.
Shoot
A shoot is the above-ground part of a plant.
New shoots appear in spring as plants begin to grow.
Root
Root systems can be taproot or fibrous.
Carrots have a taproot system.
Shoot
Shoot systems include stems, leaves, and flowers.
Pruning the shoot system can promote plant health.
Root
Roots absorb water and nutrients from the soil.
Plant roots can reach water even in dry conditions.
Shoot
Shoots conduct photosynthesis through their leaves.
The plant's shoots spread wide to capture sunlight.
Root
Roots can also propagate new plants.
Strawberry plants spread through their roots.
Shoot
Shoots can be simple or branched.
The rose plant has branched shoots.
Root
Some roots store food for the plant.
Sweet potatoes are enlarged storage roots.
Shoot
Shoot growth is influenced by light.
Plant shoots bend towards the light source.
Root
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They most often lie below the surface of the soil, but roots can also be aerial or aerating, that is, growing up above the ground or especially above water.
Shoot
In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop.
Root
The part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres
Root growth
Cacti have deep and spreading roots
A tree root
Shoot
Move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction
The car shot forward
Ward's hand shot out, grabbing his arm
He would have fallen if Marc hadn't shot out a hand to stop him
Root
The basic cause, source, or origin of something
Money is the root of all evil
Jealousy was at the root of it
The root cause of the problem
Shoot
(in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal
Williams twice shot wide
He shot the ball straight at the goalkeeper
Root
A number or quantity that when multiplied by itself, typically a specified number of times, gives a specified number or quantity.
Shoot
Film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.)
She has just been commissioned to shoot a video
Root
A user account with full and unrestricted access to a system
I need to log in as root on my system to resolve an issue
Make sure that these files can only be accessed by the root user
Shoot
(of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate
Some years one or other plant fails to shoot
Root
An act of rooting
I had a root through the open drawers
Shoot
Inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)
He shot dope into his arm
Root
Cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots
Root your own cuttings from stock plants
Shoot
Plane (the edge of a board) accurately
I shot the longer edge down on the planer
Root
Establish deeply and firmly
Vegetarianism is rooted in Indian culture
Shoot
A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant
He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems
Root
Cause (someone) to stand immobile through fear or amazement
She found herself rooted to the spot in disbelief
Shoot
An occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport
A grouse shoot
Root
Gain access to the root account of (a smartphone or computer)
We explained how to manually root almost any Android device
Shoot
An occasion when a professional photographer takes photographs or when a film or video is being made
A photo shoot
A fashion shoot
Root
(of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food
Stray dogs rooting around for bones and scraps
Shoot
Variant spelling of chute
Root
The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
Shoot
A rapid in a stream
Follow the portages that skirt all nine shoots of whitewater
Root
Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
Shoot
Used as a euphemism for ‘shit’
Shoot, it was a great day to be alive
Root
The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.
Shoot
To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile
Shot out the window.
Root
The bottom or supporting part of something
We snipped the wires at the roots.
Shoot
To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.
Root
The essential part or element; the basic core
I finally got to the root of the problem.
Shoot
To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon.
Root
A primary source; an origin.
Shoot
To discharge (a weapon).
Root
A progenitor or ancestor from which a person or family is descended.
Shoot
To detonate or cause to explode
Shot off a firecracker.
Root
Often roots The condition of being settled and of belonging to a particular place or society
Our roots in this town go back a long way.
Shoot
To inject (a drug, for example) with a hypodermic syringe.
Root
Roots The state of having or establishing an indigenous relationship with or a personal affinity for a particular culture, society, or environment
Music with unmistakable African roots.
Shoot
To throw out or release (a fishing line, for example).
Root
The element that carries the main component of meaning in a word and provides the basis from which a word is derived by adding affixes or inflectional endings or by phonetic change.
Shoot
To send forth suddenly, intensely, or swiftly
The burning building shot sparks onto the adjacent roof. He shot an angry look at me.
Root
Such an element reconstructed for a protolanguage. Also called radical.
Shoot
To emit (a ray or rays of light or another form of energy).
Root
A number that when multiplied by itself an indicated number of times forms a product equal to a specified number. For example, a fourth root of 4 is √2. Also called nth root.
Shoot
To utter (sounds or words) forcefully, rapidly, or suddenly
She shot a retort to the insult.
Root
A number that reduces a polynomial equation in one variable to an identity when it is substituted for the variable.
Shoot
(Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly
Shoot me that stapler.
Root
A number at which a polynomial has the value zero.
Shoot
(Informal) To spend, use up, or waste
They shot their savings on a new boat.
Root
The note from which a chord is built.
Shoot
To pass over or through swiftly
Shooting the rapids.
Root
Such a note occurring as the lowest note of a triad or other chord.
Shoot
To cover (country) in hunting for game.
Root
To grow roots or a root
Carrot tops will root in water.
Shoot
To record on film or video using a movie camera
Shot the scene in one take.
Root
To become firmly established or settled
The idea of tolerance has rooted in our culture.
Shoot
To cause to project or protrude; extend
Shot out her arm to prevent the bottle from falling.
Root
To plant and fix the roots of (a plant) in soil or the ground.
Shoot
To begin to grow or produce; put forth.
Root
To establish or settle firmly
Our love of the ocean has rooted us here.
Shoot
To pour, empty out, or discharge down or as if down a chute
Shot gravel into the hole.
Root
To be the source or origin of
"Much of [the team's] success was rooted in the bullpen" (Dan Shaughnessy).
Shoot
To throw or propel (a ball, marble, or other projectile in a game) in a specific direction or toward the objective.
Root
To dig or pull out by the roots. Often used with up or out
We rooted out the tree stumps with a tractor.
Shoot
To accomplish (the objective) of a game involving a projectile; score (a point, basket, or goal).
Root
To remove or get rid of. Often used with out
"declared that waste and fraud will be vigorously rooted out of Government" (New York Times).
Shoot
To play (a game involving projectiles, such as golf or pool).
Root
To turn up by digging with the snout or nose
Hogs that rooted up acorns.
Shoot
To attain (a given score) in golf.
Root
To cause to appear or be known. Used with out
An investigation that rooted out the source of the problem.
Shoot
To play (a game involving dice, especially craps).
Root
To turn over the earth with the snout or nose.
Shoot
To throw (the dice or a given score) in craps.
Root
To search or rummage for something
Rooted around for a pencil in his cluttered office.
Shoot
To slide (the bolt of a lock) into or out of its fastening.
Root
To give audible encouragement or applause to a contestant or team; cheer.
Shoot
To plane (the edge of a board) straight.
Root
To give moral support to someone; hope for a favorable outcome for someone
We'll be rooting for you when you take the exam.
Shoot
To variegate (colored cloth) by interweaving weft threads of a different color.
Root
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
Shoot
To discharge a missile from a weapon.
Root
A root vegetable.
Shoot
To discharge or fire; go off.
Root
The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
Shoot
To gush or spurt
Water shot out of the geyser.
Root
The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
Shoot
To appear suddenly
The sun shot through a break in the clouds.
Root
The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
Shoot
To move swiftly; dart.
Root
(figurative) The primary source; origin.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Shoot
To be felt moving or as if moving in the body
Pain shot through my lower leg.
Root
(aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
Shoot
To protrude; project
The headland shoots far out into the sea.
Root
(engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
The root diameter is the minor diameter of an external thread and the major diameter of an internal one.
Shoot
To engage in hunting or the firing of weapons, especially for sport
Is shooting in Scotland during the fall.
Root
(arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
The cube root of 27 is 3.
Shoot
To put forth new growth; germinate.
Root
(arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
Multiply by root 2.
Shoot
To take pictures.
Root
(analysis) A zero (of an equation).
Shoot
To film a scene in a movie.
Root
The single node of a tree that has no parent.
Shoot
Sports & Games To propel a ball or other object toward the goal or in a specific direction or manner.
Root
(linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
Shoot
(Games) To throw dice.
Root
(philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
Shoot
(Slang) To begin talking. Often used in the imperative
I know you have something to tell me, so shoot!.
Root
(music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
Shoot
To slide into or out of a fastening. Used of the bolt of a lock.
Root
The lowest place, position, or part.
Shoot
The motion or movement of something that is propelled, driven, or discharged.
Root
(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
I have to log in as root before I do that.
Shoot
The young growth arising from a germinating seed; a sprout.
Root
(computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
I installed the files in the root directory.
Shoot
A young leaf, flower, or other new growth on a plant.
Root
To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
The cuttings are starting to root.
Shoot
The aboveground part of a vascular plant.
Root
To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
We rooted some cuttings last summer.
Shoot
A narrow, swift, or turbulent section of a stream.
Root
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
Shoot
The act of discharging a weapon or letting fly a missile.
Root
To get root or privileged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.
I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware.
Shoot
(Informal) The launching of a rocket or similar missile.
Root
(ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
A pig roots the earth for truffles.
Shoot
An organized shooting activity, such as a skeet tournament or hunt.
Root
(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
Shoot
A round of shots in a contest with firearms.
Root
(intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
Rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
Shoot
A session in which something is photographed, filmed, or videotaped.
Root
(intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
Shoot
The distance a shot travels; the range.
Root
(transitive) To root out; to abolish.
Shoot
A sharp twinge or spasm of pain.
Root
To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. See root for.
I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!
Shoot
An inclined channel for moving something; a chute.
Root
To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
Shoot
A body of ore in a vein.
Root
Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely.
Shoot
Used to express surprise, mild annoyance, or disappointment.
Root
To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.
Shoot
To launch a projectile.
Root
To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
In deep grounds the weeds root deeper.
Shoot
(transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
To shoot a gun
Root
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment.
Shoot
(transitive) To fire (a projectile).
Root
To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the success of some one or the happening of some event, with the superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; - usually with for; as, the crowd rooted for the home team.
Shoot
(transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.
Root
To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; - used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike.
Shoot
(intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
They shot at a target.
He shoots better than he rides.
Root
To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; - with up, out, or away.
The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and cast them into another land.
Shoot
(intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.
Root
The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.
Shoot
(gambling) To throw dice.
Root
An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.
Shoot
To ejaculate.
After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.
Root
That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.
They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people.
Shoot
To begin to speak.
"Can I ask you a question?"
Root
A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical.
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Shoot
(intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
The gun shoots well.
Root
The time which to reckon in making calculations.
When a root is of a birth yknowe [known].
Shoot
To dismiss or do away with.
His idea was shot on sight.
Root
That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
Shoot
To photograph.
He shot the couple in a variety of poses.
He shot seventeen stills.
Root
The lowest place, position, or part.
Shoot
To film.
The film was mostly shot in France.
Root
(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
Shoot
(transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
Root
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
Thematic vowels are part of the stem
Shoot
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
Root
The place where something begins, where it springs into being;
The Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
Communism's Russian root
Shoot
(intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.
Root
A number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
Shoot
To go over or pass quickly through.
Shoot the rapids
Root
The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Shoot
(transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
Root
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Shoot
(transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
A shooting pain in my leg
Root
A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
Shoot
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
Root
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Shoot
(obsolete) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
Root
Take root and begin to grow;
This plant roots quickly
Shoot
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
Root
Come into existence, originate;
The problem roots in her depression
Shoot
To send to someone.
I'll shoot you an email with all the details
Root
Plant by the roots
Shoot
(sport) To act or achieve.
Root
Dig with the snout;
The pig was rooting for truffles
Shoot
(wrestling) To lunge.
Root
Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;
We all rooted for the home team
I'm pulling for the underdog
Are you siding with the defender of the title?
Shoot
(professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
Root
Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style;
He finally settled down
Shoot
To make the stated score.
In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.
Root
Cause to take roots
Shoot
(surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
Shoot
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
Shoot
To develop, move forward.
Shoot
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Shoot
To grow; to advance.
To shoot up rapidly
Shoot
(nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
Shoot
(transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
Shoot
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
A plant shoots out a bud.
Shoot
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
The land shoots into a promontory.
Shoot
(carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Shoot
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
Shoot
(card games) To shoot the moon.
Shoot
(aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
He tried to shoot the visual approach to runway 12, but the visibility was too low.
Shoot
To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
Shoot
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
Shoot
A photography session.
Shoot
A hunt or shooting competition.
Shoot
An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
Shoot
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
Shoot
A rush of water; a rapid.
Shoot
(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Shoot
A shoat; a young pig.
Shoot
(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Shoot
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
Shoot
(card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
Shoot
A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
Shoot
A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain
Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…
Shoot
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
Shoot
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.
One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.
Shoot
A young branch or growth.
Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.
Shoot
A rush of water; a rapid.
Shoot
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Shoot
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Shoot
A shoat; a young hog.
Shoot
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; - followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
If you pleaseTo shoot an arrow that self way.
Shoot
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; - followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; - often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.
Shoot
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle.
A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.
Shoot
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; - often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.
Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
Shoot
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.
Shoot
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
She . . . shoots the Stygian sound.
Shoot
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
The tangled water courses slept,Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
Shoot
To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; - said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
The archers have . . . shot at him.
Shoot
To discharge a missile; - said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
Shoot
To be shot or propelled forcibly; - said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
Shoot
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
Thy words shoot through my heart.
Shoot
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
These preachers makeHis head to shoot and ache.
Shoot
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.
But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.
Shoot
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
Well shot in years he seemed.
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,To teach the young idea how to shoot.
Shoot
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.
Shoot
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.
Shoot
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
Shoot
A new branch
Shoot
The act of shooting at targets;
They hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Shoot
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Shoot
Fire a shot
Shoot
Make a film or photograph of something;
Take a scene
Shoot a movie
Shoot
Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly;
Shoot a glance
Shoot
Run or move very quickly or hastily;
She dashed into the yard
Shoot
Move quickly and violently;
The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office
Shoot
Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective;
Shoot craps
Shoot a golf ball
Shoot
Record on photographic film;
I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the President
Shoot
Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully;
The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
Shoot
Cause a sharp and sudden pain in;
The pain shot up her leg
Shoot
Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing;
Inject hydrogen into the balloon
Shoot
Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;
Shoot cloth
Shoot
Throw dice, as in a crap game
Shoot
Spend frivolously and unwisely;
Fritter away one's inheritance
Shoot
Score;
Shoot a basket
Shoot a goal
Shoot
Utter fast and forcefully;
She shot back an answer
Shoot
Produce buds, branches, or germinate;
The potatoes sprouted
Shoot
Give an injection to;
We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
Common Curiosities
What are the main functions of roots?
Roots mainly anchor the plant and absorb water and nutrients from the soil.
What are the differences in growth patterns between roots and shoots?
Roots grow downwards due to geotropism, while shoots grow upwards towards light.
Can roots grow above ground?
Yes, some roots, like aerial roots, can grow above ground to absorb moisture from the air.
How do shoots contribute to a plant's growth?
Shoots support leaves for photosynthesis, contributing to the plant's growth and reproduction.
Why are root hairs important?
Root hairs increase the surface area for water and nutrient absorption.
How do roots and shoots respond to environmental stress?
Roots may grow deeper or spread wider in search of nutrients, while shoots may alter their growth pattern to maximize light absorption.
What roles do flowers and fruits play in shoots?
Flowers and fruits are reproductive structures that help in the pollination and dispersal of seeds.
What influences the growth direction of shoots?
Shoots grow towards light (phototropism) and against gravity (negative gravitropism).
Can shoots perform photosynthesis?
Yes, shoots perform photosynthesis, especially through their leaves.
Do all plants have both roots and shoots?
Yes, most plants have both roots and shoots, but their forms can vary widely.
How does light affect shoot growth?
Light influences the direction of shoot growth and can affect the development of leaves and flowers.
How do environmental factors affect root growth?
Factors like water availability and soil type greatly influence root architecture and health.
Can shoots grow underground?
Certain shoots, like rhizomes and tubers, can grow underground and store nutrients.
How do root systems differ among plants?
Root systems can be deep and taprooted or shallow and fibrous, depending on the plant species and environmental conditions.
Are there plants without roots?
Some aquatic plants and epiphytes have modified structures instead of typical roots.
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