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radicle
[ rad-i-kuhl ]
noun
- Botany.
- the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
- a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- Chemistry. (formerly) radical ( def 15 ).
- Anatomy. a small rootlike part or structure, as the beginning of a nerve or vein.
radicle
/ ˈæɪə /
noun
- botany
- part of the embryo of seed-bearing plants that develops into the main root
- a very small root or rootlike part
- anatomy any bodily structure resembling a rootlet, esp one of the smallest branches of a vein or nerve
- chem a variant spelling of radical
radicle
/ ă′ĭ-ə /
- The part of a plant embryo that develops into a root. In most seeds, the radicle is the first structure to emerge on germination.
- A small anatomical structure, such as a fibril of a nerve, that resembles a root.
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of radicle1
C18: from Latin īܱ a little root, from ī root
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But instead of having just one root, most plants have millions of individual roots, each with a single radicle.
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Inverted and straight, with the micropyle next the hilum and the radicle consequently inferior.
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At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
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Sachs discovered that the radicle a little above the apex is sensitive and bends like a tendril towards the touching object.
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Venous emboli are those which approach the heart by the peripheral veins of the body or the pulmonary veins, and the liver by the radicles of the portal vein.
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