radicant

[ rad-i-kuhnt ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. rooting from the stem, as ivy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of radicant¹

1745–55; < Latin rādīcant- (stem of rādīcāns, present participle of rādīcārī to grow roots, take root), equivalent to rādīc- (stem of rādīx ) root ¹ + -ant- -ant