SkyfireDict

rootbound   (TTS Sound)

The adj rootbound has 2 senses

• potbound, rootbound -- ((of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots)


• rootbound -- (having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner)