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rad·i·cle  (rd-kl)
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 rdcula, diminutive of rdx, rdc-, root; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]

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]

radicle  (rd-kl)
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.radicle - (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)radicle - (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
Translations
radicle [ˈrædɪkl] N (Bot) → radícula f (Chem) → radical m
radicle
n (Bot) → Keimwurzel f; (= small root)Würzelchen nt; (Chem) → Radikal nt
radicle [ˈrædɪkl] n
a. (Bot) → radichetta
b. (Math, Chem) = radical b


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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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