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Noun tap root has 2 senses
- taproot - (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem
--1 is a kind of root
- taproot - something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot"
--2 is a kind of source, seed, germ
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