Radicate

rad′i-kāt, 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 proce 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. [L. radicāri , -ātus , to take root— radix , a root.]