Fruit and Root

Fruit

Fruit noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Root and fruit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Root" instead a noun "Fruit".

Nearby Words: fruitful, fruitless, fruity, fruition, fruitage

Root noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Fruit and root are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fruit" instead a noun "Root".

Nearby Words: rooted, rootless, rooter, rooting, rootlet

special	special fruit	special root
certain	certain fruit	certain root
single	single fruit	single root
native	native fruit	native root
Other adjectives: small, actual, real, large, blue, poisonous, last, local, edible, giant.

The Norse Yggdrasil, along with similar Slavic and Hindi examples, seems to have a prehistoric common root with the Tree of Life described in the Bible (central tree + snake + special fruit).

Source: World Tree
Shichika means "seventh flower", Nanami means "seventh fruit", Mutsue means "sixth branch", and Kazune means "first root".

Source: Light Novel / Katanagatari
In Dot and the Kangaroo and its sequels, Dot can talk to animals when she eats a special root called "the fruit of understanding."

Source: Speaks Fluent Animal

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