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Definition of "radicle" []

  • Botany The part of a plant embryo that develops into a root. (noun)
  • Anatomy A small structure, such as a fibril of a nerve, that resembles a root. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "radicle" in a sentence
  • "The round pointed projection was formerly called the radicle, but is now spoken of as the hypocotyl, because it grows below or under the cotyledons."
  • "The tip of the radicle is a kind of brain to the whole growing part of the radicle!"
  • "Does that make me some kind of radicle denialist, sort of like your AAGW label?"