Definition of "rootlet" []

• A small root or division of a root. (noun)

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• "A tree that it takes both arms to encircle grew from a tiny rootlet."
• "Instead, he gestured at first this rootlet and then that hummock of moss."
• "A bucket with holes in the side .. and as each young new rootlet emerges from a bucket hole .. we snip it off .."