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radicle

ra·dicle

UK/ˈɹædɪkəl/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)

Origin

Borrowed from Latin rādīcula, from rādīc- (“root”) + -ula (“diminutive”). Doublet of radicula and radicel.

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