Founded in botany? (6)
I believe the answer is:
rooted
'founded' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rooted that I've seen before include "Firmly established in a plantlike way" , "Firmly attached as plants are to ground" , "Frivolousness" , "Fixed in place like plants in soil" , "(Of new cutting) firmly established" .)