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rad⋅i⋅cle

  [rad-i-kuhl]
–noun
1. Botany.
a. the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
b. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
2. Chemistry. (formerly) radical (def. 12).
3. Anatomy. a small rootlike part or structure, as the beginning of a nerve or vein.
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Origin:
1665–75; < L rādīcula small root, equiv. to rādīc- (s. of rādīx) root 1 + -ula -ule
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rad·i·cle   (rād'ĭ-kəl)   
n.  

  1. Botany The part of a plant embryo that develops into a root.

  2. Anatomy A small structure, such as a fibril of a nerve, that resembles a root.


[Latin rādīcula, diminutive of rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rad·i·cle
Pronunciation: 'rad-i-k&l
Function: noun
1 : the rootlike beginning of an anatomical vessel or part radicle of a vein>
2 : RADICAL
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radicle rad·i·cle (rād'ĭ-kəl)
n.
A small structure, such as a fibril of a nerve, that resembles a root.

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Science Dictionary
radicle   (rād'ĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The part of a plant embryo that develops into a root. In most seeds, the radicle is the first structure to emerge on germination.

  2. A small anatomical structure, such as a fibril of a nerve, that resembles a root.


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