radicle

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When the plant embryo emerges from the seed, the radicle of the embryo forms the root system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Moreover, Darwin – who studied plants meticulously for most of his life, observed that the radicle – the root tip – “acts like the brain of one of the lower animals.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015

Mancuso has found rising evidence that the key to plant intelligence is in the radicle or root apex.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015

The zygote develops into an embryo with a radicle, or small root, and one or two leaf-like organs called cotyledons.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Darwin found, moreover, by experiment, that, when the tip of a radicle is burnt or cut, "it transmits an influence to the upper adjoining part, causing it to bend away from the affected side."

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.