radicle

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. noun A rootlet.
3. noun Archaic form of radical.

Similar words

lacteal radicel embryo root rhizome root hair rootstalk plantule root word tigella

Often followed by

of is and emergence in growth or to elongation

Word family

radicles