Yes, according to director James Gunn, the first Groot died, and the "New Groot" (Baby Groot/Teen Groot) is his son, not a reincarnation, growing from a twig of the original. This means the younger Groot is a distinct individual, though biologically related, similar to a plant cutting producing a new, genetically identical but separate plant.
Groot is a Flora colossus, the son of Groot, and a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Born out of a planted twig of his deceased father, Baby Groot began to grow and endeavored with the Guardians on many adventures.
According to James Gunn, baby Groot is somewhere in between. He is still Groot, but his memory is gone and he has to relearn everything as he grows back. At some point he will probably regrow to his old self.
James Gunn has confirmed multiple times that "baby Groot" and the original Groot are two separate entities, the former being the offspring of the latter.
Sorry, Guardians of the Galaxy fans, but James Gunn has confirmed that Groot really did die at the end of the first film. And despite all those theories about Baby Groot being the reincarnation of the original character, the answer is a lot simpler than that. Baby Groot is simply the son of Groot.
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The mature form of Groot's species is robust and heavyweight, which causes the organs of acoustic generation to become stiff and inflexible. It is this nature of Groot's larynx that causes people, who are oblivious to the subtle nuances of Flora colossi speech, to misinterpret Groot as merely repeating his name.
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