| Afrikaans | English |
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| wortel | ⇆ carrot; ⇆ radical; ⇆ radix; ⇆ root |
| die wortel tref van | ⇆ strike at the root of |
| kubieke wortel | ⇆ cube root |
| met wortel en tak | ⇆ root and branch |
| met wortel en tak uitroei | ⇆ pull up by the roots |
| met wortel en tak uittrek | ⇆ tear up by the roots |
| beetwortel | ⇆ beetroot; ⇆ sugar‐beet |
| braakwortel | ⇆ ipecacuanha |
| broodwortel | ⇆ cassava; ⇆ cassava‐root; ⇆ manioc; ⇆ manihot; ⇆ yam |
| derdemagswortel | ⇆ cube root; ⇆ third root |
| diepgewortel | ⇆ deep‐rooted |
| geelwortel | ⇆ carrot |
| gemmerwortel | ⇆ ginger‐race |
| handwortel | ⇆ carpus |
| hawerwortel | ⇆ salsify; ⇆ oyster plant |
| heemswortel | ⇆ hibiscus |
| ingewortel | ⇆ crusted; ⇆ deep‐rooted; ⇆ deep‐seated; ⇆ radical; ⇆ ingrain; ⇆ ingrained; ⇆ inveterate; ⇆ radicate; ⇆ rooted |
| ingeworteld | ⇆ deep‐rooted |
| knopwortel | ⇆ club‐root; ⇆ eelworm |
| krapwortel | ⇆ madder |
| mangelwortel | ⇆ mangel; ⇆ mangel‐wurzel; ⇆ mangold; ⇆ mangold‐wurzel |
| ontwortel | ⇆ deracinate; ⇆ disroot; ⇆ eradicate; ⇆ grub; ⇆ unroot; ⇆ uproot |
| penwortel | ⇆ tap‐root; ⇆ trunk‐root |
| peperwortel | ⇆ horseradish; ⇆ pepperwort |
| stertwortel | ⇆ dock; ⇆ tail‐head; ⇆ tail‐root |
| suikerwortel | ⇆ skirret |
| swaelwortel | ⇆ sulphurwort |
| swawelwortel | ⇆ sulphurwort |
| sywortel | ⇆ lateral root |
| tandwortel | ⇆ fang |
| vasgewortel | ⇆ root‐bound; ⇆ rooted |
| vaswortel | ⇆ indurate; ⇆ root |
| vierdemagswortel | ⇆ fourth root |
| vierkantswortel | ⇆ square root |
| vinkelwortel | ⇆ vinkelwortel |
| voetwortel | ⇆ metastarsal; ⇆ metastarsus; ⇆ tarsus |
| vrankwortel | ⇆ green hellebore |
| witwortel | ⇆ parsnip |
| wortelboom | ⇆ mangrove |
| worteletend | ⇆ rhizophagous |
| wortelgetal | ⇆ exponent; ⇆ rational; ⇆ surd |
| wortelgewas | ⇆ root crop |
| wortelgroente | ⇆ root vegetable |
| wortelgrootheid | ⇆ radical quantity |
| wortelhaar | ⇆ fibril |
| worteling | ⇆ radication |
| wortelkiem | ⇆ caulicle; ⇆ radicle |
| wortelklank | ⇆ root vowel |
| wortelmussie | ⇆ root‐cap |
| wortelopening | ⇆ root‐opening |
| wortelskeut | ⇆ tiller |
| wortelstand | ⇆ radication |
| wortelteken | ⇆ radical sign; ⇆ root‐sign |
| worteltjie | ⇆ radicle; ⇆ rootlet |
| wortelveseltjie | ⇆ fibre; ⇆ fibril |
| wortelvorm | ⇆ surd |
| wortelvormig | ⇆ rhizomorphous |