rootbound
AdjectiveSynonyms:
potbound
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the rootsSynonyms: potboundOpposite unplantedSimilar planted
- having the roots matted or densely tangled“shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs — William Faulkner”Opposite untangledSimilar tangled
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
entangled \entangled\ adj.
1.in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; knotted, snarled, snarly; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5]
2.deeply involved especially in something problematic; as, entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled. [WordNet 1.5]
3.constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net; ensnared. [WordNet 1.5]