radicel

[rad-uh-sel]

noun Botany.

a minute root; a rootlet.

Origin of radicel

1810–20; < New Latin rādīcella small root, rootlet, equivalent to Latin rādīc- (stem of rādīx) root¹ + -ella -elle

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British Dictionary definitions for radicel

radicel

noun

a very small root; radicle

Word Origin for radicel

C19: from New Latin radicella a little root, from Latin rādix root

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