Offspring and Root

Offspring

Offspring noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.

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Root and offspring are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Root" with "Offspring", this nouns are similar.

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

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

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

female	female offspring	female root
common	common offspring	common root
many	many offspring	many root
single	single offspring	single root
Other adjectives: small, actual, large, giant.

Bobby: Well, fellas, I would guess that this Enoch Root is the offspring of a long line of Dutch and possibly German missionaries in the South Sea Islands, interbred with Aussies.

Source: What the Hell Is That Accent?
At the root of these ideas is that the reproduction of people should, for the good of society, be considered in the same terms as the breeding of lesser beings: those with desirable traits should produce many offspring, and those with undesirable traits should not reproduce.

Source: Useful Notes / The Holocaust

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