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RADICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("radicle" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Holonyms ("radicle" is a part of...):
nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)