Words Like RADICLE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RADICLE.

1 Alternative Words Similar to radicle

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10 definitions of radicle

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 In botany:
4 A rootlet: same as radicel.
5 Specifically, same as caulicle: by late writers appropriately restricted to the rudimentary root at the lower extremity of the caulicle.
6 In anatomy and zoology, a little root or root-like part; a radix: as, the radicles of a vein (the minute vessels which unite to form a vein); the radicle of a nerve.
7 In philology, same as radical, 1.
8 In chem., same as radical, 2.
9 In the graptolites, the proximal extension of the virgula.
10 (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
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