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Research can be time-consuming and brutal, with a hike across just a few acres of knee-busting prop roots and shoe-sucking muck taking hours.
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Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 18 Apr. 2018
Its nearly 4,000 prop roots create an impression not just of multiple trees but of multiple personalities.
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Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
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First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
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“Prop root.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prop%20root. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
prop root
noun
: a root that braces or supports a plant
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