radicel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small branch of a root; a rootlet.

Word forms

radicel radicels

Etymology

From New Latin rādīcella, from radic- (“root”) + -ella. Doublet of radicle and radicula. By surface analysis, Latin radic- + -el (“diminutive”).

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