A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients. Root or roots may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

* The Root (magazine), ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusing on African-American culture * The Roots, a location in the video game ''Kya: Dark Lineage''

Films

* Roots (film), ''Roots'' (film) ( es, Raíces, link=no), a 1955 Mexican drama * ''Poor Relatives'', also released as ''Roots'', a 2005 Russian film * ''Roots'', the English title for the 2019 Tamil film ''Sethum Aayiram Pon''

Literature and stage plays

* Koreni (novel), ''Koreni'' (novel) (English: ''The Roots''), a 1954 novel by Serbian author Dobrica Ćosić * Roots (play), ''Roots'' (play), a 1958 play by Arnold Wesker * ''Roots: The Saga of an American Family'', a 1976 novel by Alex Haley about slavery in the United States

Music

* Root (chord), the fundamental note of a chord * Roots music (disambiguation)

Groups and individuals

* Root (band), a Czech metal band * Root (singer), a Japanese singer * Root!, an Australian alt-country band * The Roots, a hip-hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Albums and EPs

* Roots (Idrees Sulieman album), ''Roots'' (Idrees Sulieman album), 1958 * Roots (The Everly Brothers album), ''Roots'' (The Everly Brothers album), 1968 * Roots (Curtis Mayfield album), ''Roots'' (Curtis Mayfield album), 1971 * ''Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits'', 1975 * Roots (Slide Hampton album), ''Roots'' (Slide Hampton album), 1985 * Roots (Sepultura album), ''Roots'' (Sepultura album), 1996 * Roots (Cedar Walton album), ''Roots'' (Cedar Walton album), 1997 * Root (album), ''Root'' (album), 1999, by Thurston Moore * Roots (Blue Mountain album), ''Roots'' (Blue Mountain album), 2001 * Roots (Shawn McDonald album), ''Roots'' (Shawn McDonald album), 2008 * ''R.O.O.T.S.'', a 2009 album by Flo Rida * Roots (Johnny Winter album), ''Roots'' (Johnny Winter album), 2011 * Roots (Orla Gartland EP), ''Roots'' (Orla Gartland EP), 2013 * Roots (The Cavemen album), ''Roots'' (The Cavemen album), 2020 *''Roots'', an album by Martin Fröst

Songs

* "Root", a song by Deftones on the 1995 album ''Adrenaline (album), Adrenaline'' * "The Root", a song by D'Angelo, on the 2000 album ''Voodoo'' * "Roots", by the band Spunge on their 2002 album ''The Story So Far (Spunge album), The Story So Far'' * "Roots", a song on the 2006 Show of Hands album ''Witness (Show of Hands album), Witness'' * Roots (Imagine Dragons song), "Roots" (Imagine Dragons song) * "Roots", a 2016 song by the band Parmalee * "Roots", by the band In This Moment on their 2017 album ''Ritual (In This Moment album), Ritual'' * "Roots (World Junior Song)", a 2018 by The Reklaws * "Roots", a 2019 song by Galantis and Valerie Broussard * "R.O.O.T.S.", a 2009 song by Flo Rida

Television

* ''.hack//Roots'', a 2006 anime series created by Bee Train * "Roots", a 1990 episode of the American television sitcom ''List of Get a Life episodes#Season 1 (1990–91), Get a Life'' * Roots (Haven), "Roots" (''Haven''), a television episode * Root Sports, a sports television network in the United States * "Root", code name of a fictional hacker in the TV series ''Person of Interest (TV series), Person of Interest'' * Roots (1977 miniseries), ''Roots'' (1977 miniseries), based upon the novel * ''Roots: The Next Generations'', a 1979 sequel miniseries also based upon the novel * ''Roots: The Gift'', a 1988 television film set between the second and third episodes of the original miniseries * Roots (2016 miniseries), ''Roots'' (2016 miniseries), a remake of the 1977 miniseries * "Roots", an List of One Day at a Time (2017 TV series) episodes, episode of the television series ''One Day at a Time''

Businesses

* Root, Inc., an American insurance company * Roots Canada, a clothing brand with stores worldwide

Computing

* /root, the Unix superuser's home directory in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard * ROOT, an object-oriented multipurpose data analysis package * root, a name for the superuser account in some operating systems * Root directory, the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy * Root node, the node in a tree data structure from which every other node is accessible * ROOTS (software), a series of genealogy programs

Mathematics

* nth root, th root of a number ** Root of unity, a complex number which is an th root of one * Root of an equation, a solution of the equation * Root of a function, more meaningfully called ''zero of a function'', an argument for which the function evaluates to zero * Root of a polynomial, a zero of the corresponding polynomial function * Digital root, the sum of a number's digits * Any of the elements of a root system of vectors * One designated vertex of a rooted tree in graph theory * The root or base (radix), base of a number system

Parts of objects

* Root of the hair * Root of penis * Wing root, an aircraft part * The root of a mountain, in orogeny * The bottom part of a tooth

People

* Root (surname), a family name * Roots Manuva (born 1972), British rapper * Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer, also known as "Roots" * Root, Japanese singer from Strawberry Prince#Members, Strawberry prince * Elmar Roots (1900-1962), Estonian veterinarian * Byron Root Pierce (1829-1924), American dentist and American Civil War veteran

Places

* Root, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Lucerne * Root River (disambiguation)

United States

* Roots, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Henrietta Township, Jackson County * Root, New York, a town in Montgomery County * Roots, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in Blair County

Other uses

* Root (board game), ''Root'' (board game), a game published by Leder Games * Root (Chinese constellation) * Root (linguistics), the core form of a word * Roots, one's cultural heritage * Root, Australasian slang for sexual intercourse