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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
/ ˈæɪə /
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
- 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.
Inverted and straight, with the micropyle next the hilum and the radicle consequently inferior.
At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
Sachs discovered that the radicle a little above the apex is sensitive and bends like a tendril towards the touching object.
It is possible that they may further obtain access into the circulation through the radicles which furnish the communications between the capillaries and the lymphatics.
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