radicule Bot.
(ˈrædɪkjuːl)
[ad. L. rādīcula, dim. of radix. Cf. F. radicule.]
= radicle.
| 1836 Loudon Encycl. Plants Gloss. 1883 Knowledge 20 July 43/2 In five or six days the radicules will appear. |
Hence † raˈdiculode Bot. (see quot.). Obs. raˈdiculose a., having radicles.
| 1831 Macgillivray tr. Richard's Elem. Bot. 295 The inferior extremity of the blastus..bears the name of radiculode. 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. Gloss. (ed. 6) 430 Radiculose, bearing rootlets. |