Definitions for radicleˈræd ɪ kəl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
rad•i•cleˈræd ɪ kəl(n.)
Bot. an embryonic root.
Category: Botany
Anat. a small rootlike part or structure, as the beginning of a nerve or vein.
Origin of radicle:
1665–75; < L rādīcula small root =rādīc- (s. of rādīx) root1+-ula -ule
ra•dic•u•larrəˈdɪk yə lər(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
radicle(noun)
(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
Wiktionary
radicle(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.
radicle(Noun)
A rootlet.
Origin: From radicula.
Webster Dictionary
Radicle(noun)
the rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle
Radicle(noun)
a rootlet; a radicel
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