Etymology
Origin of rootage
Example Sentences
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But if religion is to have its full value as a 'last resort' in times of peril or affliction, it must have deep rootage, broad leafage and ample fruitage in the normal circumstances of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its flatiron-shaped pebble-beach jutted out from the lake's west shore and was covered with fine old forest trees garlanded with vines; and from their graveled rootage there gurgled a limpid spring of sweet waters.
From James Fenimore Cooper by Phillips, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)
We shall find our rootage in the soil.
From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
This was to give the peas deep rootage, which is a point necessary for the quick and stable growth of this vegetable.
From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.
And he has not hesitated to depict its rootage in the flesh; not overlooking its rise in the spirit to noblest heights.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard
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