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noun
The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A rootlet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Archaic form of radical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
History
Borrowed from Latin rādīcula, from rādīc- (“root”) + -ula (“diminutive”). Doublet of radicula and radicel.
