radiculose

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adjective

Producing many rootlets or radicles.

“Look at all the rootlets on this plant! It's absolutely radiculose.”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveradiculose (comparative more radiculose, superlative most radiculose)

comparative more radiculose · superlative most radiculose

  1. Producing many rootlets or radicles.

    Look at all the rootlets on this plant! It's absolutely radiculose.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wréh₂ds
  2. Proto-Italic*wrādīks
  3. Latinrādīc-
  4. Latinradicula
  5. Englishradicule
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Englishradiculose

From radicule + -ose.

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APA

radiculose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiculose

MLA

“radiculose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiculose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radiculose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiculose.

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