| Those winged seeds store enough energy to take root in a thick layer of partially decomposed leaves. |
| In time the combination solidifies to a phosphatic rock that, in crumbling, provides soil in which vegetation may take root. |
| Complexities of politics and dogma take root well beneath the surface of what had seemed to be a simple, resoluble situation. |
| The last thing they wanted was to allow baronial power to take root in the Indies. |
| Despite the great enthusiasm for American methods, Fordism, as it was becoming known, did not take root in Germany. |
| Trim up overhanging foliage from surrounding plants and simultaneously cut back any stray grass runners before they take root in adjacent beds. |
