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Rootbound

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the roots matted or densely tangled wordnet
  2. 2
    (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots wordnet

Etymology

From root + bound.

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