radicle

Meaning

1. The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
2. A rootlet.
3. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of radical.

Synonyms

radicula

rootlet

embryonic root

embryonal root

radicel

primordial root

seed root

Translations

radícula

Radicula

radícula

radicule

radichetta

جُذير

Keimwurzel

Wurzelkeim

radicula

Faserwurzel

radícula

kökçük

ριζάλι

ριζίδιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹædɪkəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rādīcula.