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Radicle   Listen
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Radicle  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.
(b)
A rootlet; a radicel.






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"Radicle" Quotes from Famous Books



... or nearly a third of the tales Dr. Bolte gives a formula, or radicle, summing up the "common form" of the story, and I am happy to find that in those cases, which occur in the early part of the present volume, my own formulae, agree with his, though of course for the purposes of this book I have ...
— Europa's Fairy Book • Joseph Jacobs

... projection. The part bearing the tiny leaves was formerly, and is sometimes now, called the plumule, but is generally called the epicotyl, because it grows above or upon the cotyledons. The round pointed projection was formerly called the radicle, but is now spoken of as the hypocotyl, because it grows ...
— The First Book of Farming • Charles L. Goodrich



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