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radicel

American

[rad-uh-sel] / ˈræd əˌsɛl /

noun

Botany.

a minute root; a rootlet.

radicel British

/ ˈrædɪˌsɛl /

noun

a very small root; radicle

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Etymology

Origin of radicel

1810–20; < New Latin rādīcella small root, rootlet, equivalent to Latin rādīc- (stem of rādīx ) root ¹ + -ella -elle

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