Radicate
(Rad"i*cate) v. i. To take root; to become rooted. Evelyn.
Radicate
(Rad"i*cate), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Radicated (-ka`ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Radicating.] To cause
to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.
Time should . . . rather confirm and radicate in us the remembrance of God's goodness.
Barrow. Radicated
(Rad"i*ca`ted) a. Rooted; specifically: (a) (Bot.) Having roots, or possessing a well-developed
root. (b) (Zoöl.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.
Radication
(Rad`i*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. radication.]
1. The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits.
2. (Bot.) The disposition of the roots of a plant.
Radicel
(Rad"i*cel) n. [Dim. of radix.] (Bot.) A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
Radiciflorous
(Ra*dic`i*flo"rous) a. [L. radix, -icis, root + flos, floris, a flower.] (Bot.) Rhizanthous.
Radiciform
(Ra*dic"i*form) a. (Bot.) Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.
Radicle
(Rad"i*cle) n. [L. radicula, dim. of radix, -icis, root: cf. F. radicule. See Radix.] (Bot.) (a)
The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is
developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle. (b) A rootlet; a radicel.
Radicular
(Ra*dic"u*lar) a. Of or pertaining to roots, or the root of a plant.
Radicule
(Rad"i*cule) n. (Bot.) A radicle.
Radiculose
(Ra*dic"u*lose`) a. (Bot.) Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets.
Radii
(Ra"di*i) n., pl. of Radius.
Radio-
(Ra"di*o-) A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically
(Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio- muscular, radio-carpal.
Radio-flagellata
(||Ra`di*o-flag`el*la"ta) (- flaj`el*la"ta), n. pl. [NL. See Radiate, and Flagellata.] (Zoöl.)
A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.
Radiograph
(Ra"di*o*graph) n. [Radio- + -graph.] (Phys.) A picture produced by the Röntgen rays upon
a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the
rays.
Radiolaria
(||Ra`di*o*la"ri*a) n. pl. [NL. See Radioli.] (Zoöl.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous
skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It
includes the polycystines. See Polycystina.
Radiolarian
(Ra`di*o*la"ri*an) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria. — n. One of the Radiolaria.
Radioli
(||Ra*di"o*li) n. pl.; sing. Radiolus [NL., dim. of L. radius radius: cf. L. radiolus a feeble sunbeam.]
(Zoöl.) The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules.
Radiolite
(Ra"di*o*lite) n. [L. radius ray + -lite: cf. F. radiolithe.] (Paleon.) A hippurite.
Radiometer
(Ra`di*om"e*ter) n. [L. radius radius + -meter: cf. F. radiomètre.]
