Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small root or division of a root.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little root; a radicle; a root-fibril: specifically applied to the fine roots put forth by certain plants, by which they cling to their supports, as in Rhus Toxicodendron.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A radicle; a little root.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One of the smallest roots, hair roots.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small root or division of a root

Etymologies

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From root +‎ -let.

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