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radicle

  • /ˈɹædɪkəl/

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Borrowed from Latin rādīcula, from rādīc- (“root”) + -ula (“diminutive”). Doublet of radicula, radicule, and radicel.

noun radicles

  1. The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
  2. A rootlet.
  3. archaic Archaic form of radical

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@misc{radicle_2026,
  title = {radicle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/radicle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}