Hypertext Webster Gateway: "radicle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Radicle \Rad"i*cle\, n. [L. radicula, dim. of radix, -icis,
root: cf. F. radicule. See {Radix}.] (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(b) A rootlet; a radicel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
radicle
n : (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a
fibril of a nerve)
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