Forms
Roots
Roots noun - The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
Both words in one sentence
- The marginocephalians had Late Jurassic roots, but like the ornithopods they are better known for their Cretaceous forms, and originally evolved from very small ornithopod-like forms such as Yinlong.
Source: Useful Notes / Dinosaurs - There are also "false cognates", in which two words in different languages have similar forms and meanings, but different roots.
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When Maleficent falls to darkness, the woods forms her a throne made from roots and vines.
Source: Nature Hero
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