radicle
Meanings
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.
- A rootlet.
- Archaic form of radical.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rādīcula, from rādīc- (“root”) + -ula (“diminutive”). Doublet of radicula and radicel.
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