radicate
To take root.
To cause to take root; root; plant deeply and firmly.
In zoology:
Rooted; fixed at the bottom as if rooted; growing from a fixed root or root-like part.
Specifically, in conchology:
Byssiferous; fixed by a byssus.
Adherent by the base to some other body, as a limpet to a rock.
Rooted and of a plant-like habit, as a polyzoan; not incrusting like a lichen; belonging to the Radicata.
In botany, rooted.
adjectiveRadicated.