roothold

Of course, newly acquired Ferns will pay for extra attention in the way of watering until they have secured a proper roothold.

Where the peak leaned to the valley, the trunk of a giant pine jutted forth slantingly from a roothold a little below the summit.

Gnarled, stunted cedars and gray, twisted cypress clung for a roothold to these barren ledges.

At one end of the cleft, from a rocky and shallow roothold, a gnarled birch grew slantingly.