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Webster 1913 Edition
Radicle
Rad′i-cle
(răd′ĭ-k’l)
, Noun.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Radicle
RAD'ICLE
,Noun.
1.
That part of the seed of a plant which upon vegetating becomes the root.2.
The fibrous part of a root, by which the stock or main body of it is terminated.Definition 2024
radicle
radicle
English
Noun
radicle (plural radicles)
- (botany) 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.
- (botany) A rootlet.
- (chemistry) Archaic form of radical.
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References
- radicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913