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rootlet

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root·let  (rtlt, rt-)
n.
A small root or division of a root.
rootlet [ˈruːtlɪt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a small root or branch of a root
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Noun1.rootletrootlet - small root or division of a root    
root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground


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For five or six feet from the trunk, which had at the surface of the ground a diameter of several inches, it ran downward, single and straight, into a loose, friable earth; then it divided and subdivided into rootlets, fibers and filaments, most curiously interwoven.
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