rootbound

Words with a similar base: rootbound

'rootbound'

[potbound.s.01] as in: (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots

'rootbound'

[rootbound.s.02] as in: having the roots matted or densely tangled; - William Faulkner

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Examples:
shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs