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rootlet

rootlet noun: one of the smallest roots, hair roots.

Noun

rootlet (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

rootlet meaning in Tamil, Assamese and Thai

rootlet in Tamil

the smallest roots
சல்லிவேர் callivēr

rootlet in Assamese

rootlet
শিহৰি xihori, শিহা xiha

rootlet in Thai

the smallest roots
รากฝอย râak-fɔ̌i

Forms of rootlet

pluralrootlets

Origin of rootlet

From root + -let.

Questions about rootlet

What does rootlet mean?
Rootlet means one of the smallest roots, hair roots.
What is rootlet in Tamil?
Rootlet in Tamil is சல்லிவேர் (callivēr). See Rootlet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rootlet?
Rootlet is a noun.
What is the plural of rootlet?
The plural of rootlet is rootlets.

Words near rootlet in the dictionary

  1. rootless cosmopolitan
  2. rootless cosmopolitans
  3. rootlessly
  4. rootlessness
  5. rootlessnesses
  6. rootlet
  7. rootlets
  8. rootlike
  9. rootling
  10. rootlings
  11. rootogram

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rootlet (page history and authors); শিহা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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