radicle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radicula.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rădʹĭk-əl, IPA(key): /ˈɹædɪkəl/
  • Homophone: radical

Noun

radicle (plural radicles)

  1. (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.
  2. (botany) A rootlet.
  3. (chemistry) Archaic form of radical.

References

  • radicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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