rootlet / ˈrut lɪt, ˈrʊt- /

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rootlet 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Botany.

  1. a little root.
  2. a small or fine branch of a root.
  3. one of the adventitious roots by which ivy or the like clings to rocks or other supports.

更多rootlet例句

  1. Every rootlet lends itself to steady the growing giant, as if in anticipation of fierce conflict with the elements.
  2. The roots of our hearts have grown down into things, and we dare not pull up one rootlet lest we die.
  3. The rootlet, as it descends, envelops the column-like stem of the palm with a woody network, and at length reaches the ground.
  4. Every hanging rootlet of the great banyan tree is hung with horrors—all dead, most mercifully, but horrible still.
  5. It contained a piece of stick, but this may be merely the remains of a rootlet many of which had penetrated into the grave.