Radicate

[rædikeit]

Definition

(a.) Radicated.

(v. i.) To take root; to become rooted.

(v. t.) To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.

Typed by Kevin

Definition

adj. deeply rooted: firmly established: (zool.) fixed at the bottom as if rooted: (conch.) adhering like a limpet.—v.t. to root: to plant or fix deeply and firmly:—pr.p. rad′icāting; pa.p. rad′icāted.—adjs. Rad′icant (bot.) sending out roots from the stem above the ground; Radicā′rian relating to roots; Rad′icated rooted.—ns. Radicā′tion the act or process of radicating or taking root deeply: (bot.) the disposition of the root with respect to the ascending or descending stem; Rad′icel a rootlet.—adjs. Radicic′olous Radic′olous living on roots pertaining to the root-form of the phylloxera; Radiciflō′rous flowering from the root; Radic′iform like a root.—n. Rad′icle a little root: the part of a seed which in growing becomes the root.—adjs. Rad′icōse having a large root; Radic′ūlar pertaining to a radicle.—n. Rad′icūle (bot.) that end of the embryo which is opposite to the cotyledons.—adj. Radic′ūlōse (bot.) covered with rootlets: radicose having a large root.

Typist: Perry