Home › Words › T › tangleroottangleroottangleroot · noun — A disease of the pineapple in which the roots wind around the stem and form a ball.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tangleroot ranks #15,062 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyTangle + rootnounA disease of the pineapple in which the roots wind around the stem and form a ball.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).