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rootlet

[ root-lit, root- ]

noun

Botany.
  1. a little root.
  2. a small or fine branch of a root.
  3. one of the adventitious roots root by which ivy or the like clings to rocks or other supports.


rootlet

/ ˈ°ù³Ü˳ٱôɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. a small root or branch of a root
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rootlet1

First recorded in 1785–95; root 1 + -let
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Dalling noticed that the fronds were strongly embedded in the soil and had sprouted a network of rootlets.

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If it grows up a wall, it can damage stucco with its aerial rootlets.

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And if the vines are cut off with clippers, some of the fuzzy rootlets will surely remain.

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They have been underground ever since, feeding on sap from the rootlets of grasses and trees and slowly maturing.

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I believe it was the last, deepest rootlet of my denial, expelled.

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