rootlets
Smallest underground branches
Rootlets are small or fine roots, typically the thin branching extensions that grow from a plant's main root system.
These delicate structures absorb water and nutrients from soil.
The word also applies to root-like filaments in other contexts: nerve rootlets branch from spinal nerve roots.
The seedling's rootlets spread through the potting soil.
Acceptable in quality
- tenderSoft or sore
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- slenderThin and graceful
- wispyThin and insubstantial
hairlike · threadlike · delicate · minute · tiny · microscopic · gossamer · feathery
Embryonic plant roots
- fibrousMade of threads
- hairlikeThin as a strand
- threadlikeResembling thin strands
- capillariesTiniest blood vessels
Process of taking in
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- soilGround matter for planting
nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium · calcium · magnesium · trace elements · organic matter · hydration
Seeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- emergingComing into view
- developingBecoming more advanced
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
proliferating · branching · spreading · extending · penetrating · anchoring · establishing · forming
Germinated legume seedlings
- mung beanSmall green Asian legume
- soybean sproutsGerminated legume shoots
- radish sproutsGerminated radish seedlings eaten young
- microgreensImmature edible seedlings
stir-fry · crunchy · blanched · garnish · salad · Asian cuisine · fresh · crisp
fine
Acceptable in quality
wispy · hairlike · threadlike · delicate · minute · tiny · microscopic · gossamer · feathery · filamentous
radicles
Embryonic plant roots
- fibrousMade of threads
- hairlikeThin as a strand
- threadlikeResembling thin strands
capillaries · meristem · epidermis · cortex · vascular tissue
absorption
Process of taking in
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
soil · nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium · calcium · magnesium · trace elements · organic matter · hydration · mycorrhizae
sprouting
Seeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- emergingComing into view
- developingBecoming more advanced
budding · proliferating · branching · spreading · extending · penetrating · anchoring · establishing · forming · differentiating
bean sprouts
Germinated legume seedlings
- mung beanSmall green Asian legume
- soybean sproutsGerminated legume shoots
- radish sproutsGerminated radish seedlings eaten young
microgreens · stir-fry · crunchy · blanched · garnish · salad · Asian cuisine · fresh · crisp · nutritious
- bird neststwigs, nest, sticks, aerie, grass
- tree partstrunk, branches, branch, bark, leaves
- Maltmalt, malted barley, chocolate malt, barley malt, malting
- bristlesbristles, setae, toothbrush bristles, seta
- epithelial biologybasement membrane, microvilli, cilia, permeability, mucus production
- bryozoansElectra, phylactolaemata, avicularium, heterozooid