obscureroot
nounUK /əbˈskjʊəruːt/
US /əbˈskjʊrruːt/
A root that is hard to see or find.
The gardener dug carefully around the obscureroot hidden under the leaves.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A difficult part of a problem that is not easy to notice.
The real obscureroot of the argument was never discussed.
3. A word or idea whose origin is unknown or unclear.
Linguists traced the obscureroot of the old saying to a lost dialect.
4. Something that secretly supports a system but stays out of sight.
Trust was the obscureroot of their successful team.