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radicant

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[rad-i-kuhnt] / ˈræd ɪ kənt /

adjective

Botany.

  1. rooting from the stem, as ivy.

Etymology

Origin of radicant

1745–55; < Latin rādīcant- (stem of rādīcāns, present participle of rādīcārī to grow roots, take root), equivalent to rādīc- (stem of rādīx ) root 1 + -ant- -ant

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