radicel

[ rad-uh-sel ]

noun

, Botany.

1. a minute root; a rootlet.

radicel

/ ˈrædɪˌsɛl /

noun

1. a very small root; radicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of radicel¹

1810–20; < New Latin rādīcella small root, rootlet, equivalent to Latin rādīc- (stem of rādīx ) root ¹ + -ella -elle

Word History and Origins

Origin of radicel¹

C19: from New Latin radicella a little root, from Latin rādix root