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rootlet

[root-lit, root-]

noun Botany.

a little root.

a small or fine branch of a root.

one of the adventitious roots by which ivy or the like clings to rocks or other supports.

Origin:
1785–95; root¹ + -let

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rootlet (ˈruːtlɪt)

—n
	a small root or branch of a root

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