rootlet

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noun

One of the smallest roots, hair roots.

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Meanings

nounrootlet (plural rootlets)

plural rootlets

  1. One of the smallest roots, hair roots.

    She can almost hear them pushing up through the soil, their rootlets sniffing for nutrients and crowding the rootlets of their neighbours, their leaves releasing clouds of airborne chemicals.

    2013, Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam, Bloomsbury, page 208

Origin

From root + -let.

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Translations

Bulgarian коренче
  • коренче (korenče)the smallest roots
Dutch worteltje
  • worteltjethe smallest roots
French radicelle
  • radicellethe smallest roots
German Würzelchen
  • Würzelchenthe smallest roots
Latin rādīcula
  • rādīculathe smallest roots
Māori wekeweke, pīakaaka
  • wekewekethe smallest roots
  • pīakaakathe smallest roots
Polish korzonek
  • korzonekthe smallest roots
Romanian radicelă
  • radicelăthe smallest roots
Spanish raicilla
  • raicillathe smallest roots
Tamil சல்லிவேர்
  • சல்லிவேர் (callivēr)the smallest roots
Thai รากฝอย
  • รากฝอย (râak-fɔ̌i)the smallest roots
Ukrainian коріне́ць
  • коріне́ць (korinécʹ)the smallest roots
Welsh gwreiddigyn, gwreiddiosyn
  • gwreiddigynthe smallest roots
  • gwreiddiosynthe smallest roots
  • gwreiddionynthe smallest roots

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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