rootbound

adjectives

(of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
potbound, rootbound
having the roots matted or densely tangled
"shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner
rootbound
is similar to
in a confused mass
"pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"
tangled