radicant

[ rad-i-kuh nt ]

/ ˈræd ɪ kənt /

adjective Botany.

rooting from the stem, as ivy.

Nearby words

radical sign, radicalism, radicalize, radically, radicand, radicant, radicchio, radicel, radices, radicle, radicotomy

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) root¹ + -ant- -ant