radicle
Example Sentences
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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
Mancuso has found rising evidence that the key to plant intelligence is in the radicle or root apex.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2015
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
The root system is usually anchored by one main root developed from the embryonic radicle.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The reader will not fail to observe how essentially atomic is this conception of compound radicle.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
