radicle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: radicle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for radicle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radicle n (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Radicle \Rad"i*cle\, n. [L. radicula, dim. of radix, -icis, root: cf. F. radicule. See {Radix}.] (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.