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 are most often below the sur ...

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

Films

* ''Roots'' (film) ( es, Raíces, link=no), a 1955 Mexican drama * ''

Poor Relatives ''Poor Relatives'' (russian: Бедные родственники, Bednye Rodstvenniki), also released as ''Roots'', is a 2005 Russian black comedy film directed by Pavel Lungin. The film tells the story of a Russian grifter who defrauds foreign ...

'', also released as ''Roots'', a 2005 Russian film * ''Roots'', the English title for the 2019 Tamil film ''

Sethum Aayiram Pon ''Sethum Ayiram Pon: Roots'' () is a 2019 Tamil-language drama film directed by Anand Ravichandran in his directorial debut. The film stars Srilekha Rajendran, Nivedhithaa Sathish, and Avinash Raghudevan in the lead roles. The film was released ...

Literature and stage plays

* ''Koreni'' (novel) (English: ''The Roots''), a 1954 novel by Serbian author Dobrica Ćosić * ''Roots'' (play), a 1958 play by Arnold Wesker * ''

Roots: The Saga of an American Family ''Roots: The Saga of an American Family'' is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America; it follows h ...

'', a 1976 novel by Alex Haley about slavery in the United States

Music

Root (chord) In music theory, the concept of root is the idea that a chord (music), chord can be represented and named by one of its Musical note, notes. It is linked to Harmony (music), harmonic thinking—the idea that vertical aggregates of notes can form ...

, the fundamental note of a chord *

Roots music (disambiguation) Roots music may refer to: * American folk music * Americana (music), a style incorporating early blues, country, folk, rhythm and blues, and rock influences * Folk music * Rasin, Haitian roots music * Roots reggae * Roots revival, a trend which inc ...

Groups and individuals

Root (band) Root is a Czech black metal band. Biography Root were formed by vocalist Big Boss and guitarist Blackie in late 1987.Root (singer), a Japanese singer *

Root! Root! (stylised ROOT!) was an Australian rock band from Melbourne formed in 2005. Their music combines alt-country, blues and indie rock with elements of spoken word, satire, social commentary and post-modernism. They have gained attention thro ...

, an Australian alt-country band *

The Roots The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy F ...

, a hip-hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Albums and EPs

* ''Roots'' (Idrees Sulieman album), 1958 * ''Roots'' (The Everly Brothers album), 1968 * ''Roots'' (Curtis Mayfield album), 1971 * '' Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits'', 1975 * ''Roots'' (Slide Hampton album), 1985 * ''Roots'' (Sepultura album), 1996 * ''Roots'' (Cedar Walton album), 1997 * ''Root'' (album), 1999, by Thurston Moore * ''Roots'' (Blue Mountain album), 2001 * ''Roots'' (Shawn McDonald album), 2008 * ''

R.O.O.T.S. ''R.O.O.T.S.'' (short for ''Route of Overcoming the Struggle'') is the second studio album by American rapper Flo Rida. It was released on March 24, 2009, by Poe Boy Entertainment and Atlantic Records.''Roots'' (Johnny Winter album), 2011 * ''Roots'' (Orla Gartland EP), 2013 * ''Roots'' (The Cavemen album), 2020 *''Roots'', an album by

Martin Fröst Martin Fröst (born 14 December 1970) is a Swedish clarinetist and conductor. He is principal conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. He is also a developer of multimedia projects with music, choreography and light design, in which he appea ...

Songs

* "Root", a song by Deftones on the 1995 album '' Adrenaline'' * "

The Root "The Root" is a song by American recording artist D'Angelo. It is the eighth track on his second studio album, ''Voodoo'', which was released on January 25, 2000, by Virgin Records. "The Root" was recorded and produced by D'Angelo at New York's ...

", a song by D'Angelo, on the 2000 album ''Voodoo'' * "Roots", by the band Spunge on their 2002 album ''

The Story So Far The Story So Far may refer to: __NOTOC__ Books * ''The Story of Sar'' (book), a 2003 book by Bhawana Somaaya Films * ''The Story So Far'' (2001 film), a film about the band Sick of It All * ''The Story So Far'' (2002 film), a documentary about ...

'' * "Roots", a song on the 2006 Show of Hands album ''

Witness In law, a witness is someone who has knowledge about a matter, whether they have sensed it or are testifying on another witnesses' behalf. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, e ...

'' * "Roots" (Imagine Dragons song) * "Roots", a 2016 song by the band

Parmalee Parmalee is an American country music band consisting of brothers Matt Thomas (lead vocals, guitar) and Scott Thomas (drums), along with their cousin Barry Knox (bass) and Josh McSwain (guitar), who is a best friend since childhood. They are si ...

* "Roots", by the band In This Moment on their 2017 album ''

Ritual A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or objects, performed according to a set sequence. Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized, b ...

'' * "

Roots (World Junior Song) "Roots (World Junior Song)" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music duo The Reklaws. The song was co-written by the duo with Jenson Vaughan and Massimo Alonzi. It was the official song for the The Sports Network, TSN broadcast ...

", a 2018 by The Reklaws * "Roots", a 2019 song by

Galantis Galantis is a Swedish electronic dance music production, songwriting and DJ duo consisting of Christian Karlsson (DJ), Christian Karlsson and Style of Eye, Linus Eklöw. Karlsson is also known as Bloodshy as part of two other musical groups, a d ...

and Valerie Broussard * "R.O.O.T.S.", a 2009 song by

Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida (, ), is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 breakout single " Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the record for digital dow ...

Television

* '' .hack//Roots'', a 2006 anime series created by Bee Train * "Roots", a 1990 episode of the American television sitcom '' Get a Life'' * "Roots" (''Haven''), a television episode *

Root Sports AT&T Sports Networks, LLC (ATTSN) is a group of regional sports networks in the United States that primarily own and operate AT&T Sports Networks (founded in 2009, as Liberty Sports Holdings, later DirecTV Sports Networks, LLC). It is owned by ...

, a sports television network in the United States * "Root", code name of a fictional hacker in the TV series ''

Person of Interest "Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no leg ...

'' * ''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), a remake of the 1977 miniseries * "Roots", an episode of the television series ''One Day at a Time''

Businesses

Root, Inc. Root Insurance is a recently founded car insurance company looking to penetrate into the well-established car insurance market. Root Insurance is powered entirely by their mobile app. It is licensed in 44 states but currently operates in 34 of tho ...

, an American insurance company *

Roots Canada Roots Corporation (doing business as Roots) is a publicly held Canadian brand that sells apparel, leather bags, small leather goods, footwear, athletic wear, and home furnishings. The company was founded in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, by Michael ...

, a clothing brand with stores worldwide

Computing

* /root, the Unix superuser's home directory in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard *

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 are most often below the sur ...

, an object-oriented multipurpose data analysis package * root, a name for the

superuser In computing, the superuser is a special user account used for system administration. Depending on the operating system (OS), the actual name of this account might be root, administrator, admin or supervisor. In some cases, the actual name of t ...

account in some operating systems *

Root directory In a computer file system, and primarily used in the Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the root directory is the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy. It can be likened to the trunk of a tree, as the starting point where all branches ...

, the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy *

Root node In computer science, a tree is a widely used abstract data type that represents a hierarchical tree structure with a set of connected nodes. Each node in the tree can be connected to many children (depending on the type of tree), but must be con ...

, the node in a tree data structure from which every other node is accessible * ROOTS (software), a series of genealogy programs

Mathematics

* th root of a number **

Root of unity In mathematics, a root of unity, occasionally called a Abraham de Moivre, de Moivre number, is any complex number that yields 1 when exponentiation, raised to some positive integer power . Roots of unity are used in many branches of mathematic ...

, a complex number which is an th root of one * Root of an equation, a solution of the equation *

Root of a function In mathematics, a zero (also sometimes called a root) of a real-, complex-, or generally vector-valued function f, is a member x of the domain of f such that f(x) ''vanishes'' at x; that is, the function f attains the value of 0 at x, or equi ...

, more meaningfully called ''zero of a function'', an argument for which the function evaluates to zero *

Root of a polynomial In mathematics, a zero (also sometimes called a root) of a real-, complex-, or generally vector-valued function f, is a member x of the domain of f such that f(x) ''vanishes'' at x; that is, the function f attains the value of 0 at x, or equi ...

, a zero of the corresponding polynomial function *

Digital root The digital root (also repeated digital sum) of a natural number in a given radix is the (single digit) value obtained by an iterative process of summing digits, on each iteration using the result from the previous iteration to compute a digit su ...

, the sum of a number's digits * Any of the elements of a

root system In mathematics, a root system is a configuration of vectors in a Euclidean space satisfying certain geometrical properties. The concept is fundamental in the theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, especially the classification and representati ...

of vectors * One designated vertex of a

rooted tree In graph theory, a tree is an undirected graph in which any two vertices are connected by ''exactly one'' path, or equivalently a connected acyclic undirected graph. A forest is an undirected graph in which any two vertices are connected by ''a ...

in graph theory * The root or base of a number system

Parts of objects

* Root of the hair * Root of penis *

Wing root The wing root is the part of the wing on a fixed-wing aircraft or winged-spaceship that is closest to the fuselage,Peppler, I.L.: ''From The Ground Up'', page 9. Aviation Publishers Co. Limited, Ottawa Ontario, Twenty Seventh Revised Edition, 1996 ...

, an aircraft part * The root of a mountain, in

orogeny Orogeny is a mountain building process. An orogeny is an event that takes place at a convergent plate margin when plate motion compresses the margin. An ''orogenic belt'' or ''orogen'' develops as the compressed plate crumples and is uplifted t ...

* The bottom part of a

tooth A tooth ( : teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food. Some animals, particularly carnivores and omnivores, also use teeth to help with capturing or wounding prey, tear ...

People

Root (surname) Root is a surname, and may refer to: People * Alan Root (1937–2017), Anglo-Kenyan wildlife filmmaker * Amanda Root (born 1963), British actress * Amos Root (1839–1923), American beekeeper * Antony Root (born 1954), British scriptwriter and dr ...

, a family name *

Roots Manuva Rodney Hylton Smith, better known by his stage name Roots Manuva (born 9 September 1972), is a British rapper and producer. Since his debut in 1994, he has produced numerous albums and singles on the label Big Dada, achieving commercial succes ...

(born 1972), British rapper * Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer, also known as "Roots" * Root, Japanese singer from

Strawberry prince is a Japanese boy band formed in June 2016. The group consists of six members: Nanamori, Jel, Satomi, Colon, Rinu, and Root. Each member is represented by an illustrated character when appearing in media. History Strawberry Prince was found ...

Elmar Roots Elmar Roots (19 April 1900 Priipalu, Kuigatsi Parish, Estonia – 12 December 1962 Giessen, Germany) was an Estonian veterinarian. He participated on Estonian War of Independence. He graduated from the Tartu Teachers' Seminary in 1920. In 1924, he ...

(1900-1962), Estonian veterinarian *

Byron Root Pierce Byron Root Pierce (September 20, 1829 – July 10, 1924) was an American dentist who served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was noted for fighting at First Manassas and during the Peninsula and Seven Days Campaigns. Pierce ...

(1829-1924), American dentist and American Civil War veteran

Places

Root, Switzerland Root is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Geography Root has an area of . Of this area, 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17% is sett ...

, 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 Root is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 1,715 at the 2010 census. The town was named for Erastus Root, a legislator in the early Federal period. The Town of Root is in the south-central part of the county ...

, a town in Montgomery County *

Roots, Pennsylvania Roots is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in northwestern Blair County, in the center of Antis Township ...

, a census-designated place in Blair County

Other uses

* ''Root'' (board game), a game published by Leder Games *

Root (Chinese constellation) The Root mansion (氐宿, pinyin: Dī Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellation Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" ( ...

Root (linguistics) A root (or root word) is the core of a word that is irreducible into more meaningful elements. In morphology, a root is a morphologically simple unit which can be left bare or to which a prefix or a suffix can attach. The root word is the prima ...

, the core form of a word * Roots, one's

cultural heritage Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by soci ...

* Root, Australasian slang for

sexual intercourse Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion and thrusting of the penis into the vagina for sexual pleasure or reproduction.Sexual intercourse most commonly means penile–vaginal penetrat ...