It is also perennial, as is the dandelion, and tops broken off only leave the root to remain and grow for another season.

At the root lay their unchanging rituals, but above that everything remained as fluid as the seas in which they'd evolved.

The maidenhair ferns have to be cut back to the soil line, but their roots remain viable and new fronds will come up.

The roots of discord remained, however, and in some ways increased as Mugabe's rule became increasingly autocratic into the 21st century.

The roots, after all, remain beyond the touch of us mortals.

The roots will, of course, remain in place, gradually nourishing the soil as they rot.

His roots remained in the Netherlands.

HIS architectural roots have remained evident in his work, however.

Simply passing an anti-abortion law would, the writer stated, "be only mowing off the top of the noxious weed, while the root remains.

Only the roots remain, which do not push any more but that the night dew maintains in good condition.