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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
radicle
n : (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a
fibril of a nerve)
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