noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

rootroot aboutroutrout

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From root + -ling.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.