John Battelle

Given the trendlines of digital publishing, where more and more large platforms are profiting from, and controlling, the works of individuals, I can't stress enough: Put your taproot in the independent web. Use the platforms for free distribution (they're using you for free content, after all). And make sure you link back to your own domain.

American Businessman

Pat Conroy

The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

American Writer

The term 'taproot' often indicates a plant's strength and anchorage.

Botanical Significance

'Taproot' implies that the root grows deep, sourcing nutrients and water from below.

Deep Growth

Imagine the taproot like a carrot shape; it helps visualize the function and form.

Visual Imagery

In psychology, 'taproot' reflects the deepest, most influential part of a person’s psyche.

Psychological Core

The 'taproot' in a psychological context signifies the root cause of emotions or behaviors.

Causal Importance

Unlike the literal root, psychology’s 'taproot' is abstract and symbolic.

Abstract Concept

 and hold the plant in place. Even its single deepest root, the taproot, extends less than one meter into the ground. After a rain, the lateral roots respond in real time, rapidly growing and spreading. They produce ephemeral rain roots that quickly take up the available water.

Nature's fortress: How...

 is this one right here i do not know when but this tree here was brought down by the elephants in general found trees do not have what you call a taproot they do not go so much down in the ground