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radicle [ˈrædɪkəl] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a. part of the embryo of seed-bearing plants that develops into the main root b. a very small root or rootlike part 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any bodily structure resembling a rootlet, esp one of the smallest branches of a vein or nerve 3. (Chemistry) Chem a variant spelling of radical [11] [from Latin rādīcula a little root, from rādīx root]
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Translations radicle radicle [ˈrædɪk/əl] n a. (Bot) → radichetta b. (Math, Chem) = radical b radicle [ˈrædɪk/əl] n a. (Bot) → radichetta b. (Math, Chem) = radical b How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The same fact holds good with flowering plants, of which the two main divisions have been founded on characters derived from the embryo,--on the number and position of the embryonic leaves or cotyledons, and on the mode of development of the plumule and radicle. The soil, it appears, is suited to the seed, for it has sent its radicle downward, and it may now send its shoot upward also with confidence. |
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