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Etymology
From root + -let.
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Noun
rootlet (plural rootlets)
- One of the smallest roots, hair roots.
2013, Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam, Bloomsbury, page 208: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.
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