rootlet
Origin of rootlet
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How to use rootlet in a sentence
Every rootlet lends itself to steady the growing giant, as if in anticipation of fierce conflict with the elements.
How to Succeed | Orison Swett MardenThe roots of our hearts have grown down into things, and we dare not pull up one rootlet lest we die.
The Pursuit of God | A. W. TozerThe rootlet, as it descends, envelops the column-like stem of the palm with a woody network, and at length reaches the ground.
Among the Trees at Elmridge | Ella Rodman ChurchEvery hanging rootlet of the great banyan tree is hung with horrors—all dead, most mercifully, but horrible still.
Things as They Are | Amy Wilson-CarmichaelIt contained a piece of stick, but this may be merely the remains of a rootlet many of which had penetrated into the grave.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll Smith
British Dictionary definitions for rootlet
/ (ˈruːtlɪt) /
a small root or branch of a root
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