Definition of rootlet

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Rootlet (n.) A radicle; a little root.

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Haustorium :: Haustorium (n.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.
Radicel :: Radicel (n.) A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia)..
Callus :: Callus (n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets..
Radiculose :: Radiculose (a.) Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets..
Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.
Rootlet :: Rootlet (n.) A radicle; a little root.
Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..
Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface..
Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants..
Polyrhizous :: Polyrhizous (a.) Having numerous roots, or rootlets..
Radicle :: Radicle (n.) A rootlet; a radicel.
Podophyllum :: Podophyllum (n.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length..
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant..
Crampon :: Crampon (n.) An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy..
Epiblema :: Epiblema (n.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids..
Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils..
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