n. 1. Botany The part of a plant embryo that develops into a root. 2. Anatomy A small structure, such as a fibril of a nerve, that resembles a root. [Latin rādīcula, diminutive of rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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