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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage;
- Example: "his roots in Texas go back a long way"
- Example: "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"
- Example: "his music has African roots"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

roots
    n 1: the condition of belonging to a particular place or group
         by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his
         roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden
         to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots"