Rootling

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small or miniature root; a rootlet.
  2. 2
    a plantling just beginning to root.

    "Coming to actual plantation, we are confronted by the question whether a cutting or a rootling is to be prepared."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rootle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From root + -ling.

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