radicle (English, noun)
expansion: radicle (plural radicles)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: 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.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A rootlet.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Archaic form of radical.
tags: alt-of
archaic
Forms:
form: radicles
tags: plural