radicant

[ rad-i-kuh nt ]

/ ˈræd ɪ kənt /

adjective Botany.

rooting from the stem, as ivy.

Nearby words

radicalism,
radicality,
radicalize,
radically,
radicand,
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

Word Origin and History for radicant

radicant

adj.

"bringing forth roots," 1735, from Latin radicantem (nominative radicans), present participle of radicare, from radix "root" (see radish).