radicle
Example Sentences
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But instead of having just one root, most plants have millions of individual roots, each with a single radicle.
From The Guardian
Inverted and straight, with the micropyle next the hilum and the radicle consequently inferior.
From Project Gutenberg
At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
From Project Gutenberg
Sachs discovered that the radicle a little above the apex is sensitive and bends like a tendril towards the touching object.
From Project Gutenberg
It is possible that they may further obtain access into the circulation through the radicles which furnish the communications between the capillaries and the lymphatics.
From Project Gutenberg
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