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radicle
[ rad-i-kuhl ]
noun
- Botany.
- the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
- a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- Chemistry. (formerly) radical ( def 15 ).
- Anatomy. a small rootlike part or structure, as the beginning of a nerve or vein.
radicle
/ ˈrædɪkəl /
noun
- botany
- part of the embryo of seed-bearing plants that develops into the main root
- a very small root or rootlike part
- anatomy any bodily structure resembling a rootlet, esp one of the smallest branches of a vein or nerve
- chem a variant spelling of radical
radicle
/ răd′ĭ-kəl /
- The part of a plant embryo that develops into a root. In most seeds, the radicle is the first structure to emerge on germination.
- A small anatomical structure, such as a fibril of a nerve, that resembles a root.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of radicle1
Example Sentences
But instead of having just one root, most plants have millions of individual roots, each with a single radicle.
Embryo straightish, with a short radicle, and thin longitudinally plaited cotyledons.—Shrubs or small trees, with large and showy white flowers on axillary peduncles.
At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
The radicles did not present the appearance of having been subjected to a sufficient pressure to account for their curvature.
Venous emboli are those which approach the heart by the peripheral veins of the body or the pulmonary veins, and the liver by the radicles of the portal vein.
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