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Radicle

//ˈɹædɪkəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) wordnet
  3. 3
    A rootlet.
  4. 4
    Archaic form of radical. alt-of, archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rādīcula.

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