jpdb beta

1. root (of a plant)

2. root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)

3. root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis

4. one's true nature

5. (fishing) reef

1. stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence

2. radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily)

3. root

4. indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)