rootbound

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rootbound - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  entangled \entangled\ adj.
     1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower
        terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; knotted,  snarled, snarly
        ; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
  
     Syn: tangled.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
        entangled in the conflict.
  
     Syn: embroiled.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
        ensnared.
        [WordNet 1.5]

rootbound - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rootbound
      adj 1: (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container
             resulting in matting or tangling of the roots [syn:
             potbound, rootbound]
      2: having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended
         lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"-
         William Faulkner