Found 2 items, similar to rootbound.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rootbound rootbound adj 1: of a potted plant; grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots [syn: potbound] 2: having the roots matted or densely tangled; “shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs”- William Faulkner
English → English (gcide) Definition: rootbound 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]