What is the meaning of rootbound?

adjective

  • Of a potted plant. ( grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots)
  • Having the roots matted or densely tangled. "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs- William Faulkner
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