Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small root or division of a root.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little root; a radicle; a root-fibril: specifically applied to the fine roots put forth by certain plants, by which they cling to their supports, as in
Rhus Toxicodendron .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A radicle; a little root.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the smallest
roots , hair roots.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small root or division of a root
Etymologies
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Examples
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A tree that it takes both arms to encircle grew from a tiny rootlet.
What Lies Beneath James F. McGrath 2008
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Instead, he gestured at first this rootlet and then that hummock of moss.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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A tree that it takes both arms to encircle grew from a tiny rootlet.
Archive 2008-08-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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A bucket with holes in the side .. and as each young new rootlet emerges from a bucket hole .. we snip it off ..
Chicago H.S. Students Face Expulsion Following Peace Sit-in 2007
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A bucket with holes in the side .. and as each young new rootlet emerges from a bucket hole .. we snip it off ..
Chicago H.S. Students Face Expulsion Following Peace Sit-in 2007
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A bucket with holes in the side .. and as each young new rootlet emerges from a bucket hole .. we snip it off ..
Chicago H.S. Students Face Expulsion Following Peace Sit-in 2007
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Even by today, only 3 had truly put out a rootlet, though a few more looked on the verge.
various and sundry asakiyume 2006
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There is a mournfulness in seeing the pointed fruit of the mangrove drop down through the still air into the slime beneath, with the rootlet already formed of that which never fails to become a tree.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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It is indeed a miraculous sight to see a tiny seed slowly rupture and give way to rootlet and stem, later to become a sapling and, in time, a timber giant to cradle children in its branches.
What Kids Wish Parents Knew about Parenting JOE WHITE 2003
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A week later the seed has germinated, and the rootlet is about 2 centimetres long.
Chapter 3 1977
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