radicel

[ rad-uh-sel ]
/ ˈræd əˌsɛl /

noun Botany.

a minute root; a rootlet.

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Origin of radicel

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

Words nearby radicel

radical right, radical sign, radicand, radicant, radicchio, radicel, radices, radicle, radicotomy, radicula, radiculalgia
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British Dictionary definitions for radicel

radicel
/ (ˈrædɪˌsɛl) /

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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