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rootlet - (noun) Definition: A small root or division of a root, especially one of the fine, threadlike parts of a root that absorbs water and nutrients from the soil. Rootlets are essential for the uptake of nutrients and anchoring of plants. Context: The root system of the plant was extensive, with numerous rootlets spreading in all directions
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Nerve rootlets combine to form nerve roots.
These may further branch to form rootlets.
Nests were made of rootlets interwoven with grass blades.
At its base it carries calcrete nodules and rootlets.
Individual nerve rootlets are electrically stimulated.
Its root is rhizome type with fine rootlets.
Striated rootlets of the two species differ morphologically.
Avoid any injury to the rootlets.
It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate.
The nest is lined with fine grass and rootlets.
Lateral to these rootlets and the anterolateral sulci are the olives.
The nest is lined with fine grasses and rootlets.
Rootlets and mammal fossils are more abundant in this layer.
They forage for seeds and rootlets in the thin turf.
These rootlets are referred to as adventitious because they are appearing in an atypical location.

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It produces a network of roots and rootlets that rapidly exhaust the soil.
The fine rootlets of some lichens may cause minor mechanical damage.
Lambs lettuce must be free from root tufts but a few rootlets are allowed.
Driedmalt that has rootlets still attached to it may also be used.
This bird makes a loose cup nest of grasses and rootlets placed in a bush.
The root and its rootlets are underneath and extend the hypocotyl.
Hyphae can penetrate root hairs directly or through breaks or wounds in the rootlets.
Any germinating sprouts and rootlets or germs in germination phase can be used.
In the development mechanism of the pain is inflammation and the denial of the rootlets.
The abnormal nerve rootlets are selectively cut leaving the normal rootlets in tact.
Leave them on the tree as they will force the plant to produce rootlets.
The inside of the nest is lined with rootlets and thin strips of grass.
Exposure to the sun or wind will quickly dry out the tender rootlets.
These rootlets form the demarcation between the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Vines growing on the trunk of a tree become firmly attached through numerous aerial rootlets.
Each bud grows tiny rootlets and falls off the mother at the slightest disturbance.
The truffle is a fungus that grows between the roots and rootlets of certain trees.
In general, several rootlets shoot out from a single grain of barley.
Then the soil is still warm and therefore still may form some rootlets.
The lining is made up of ferns, rootlets and other soft material.
The stem should split in less than two weeks and begin to produce tiny rootlets.
The nest itself is a bowl built of dry grass, rootlets and sometimes a few feathers.
Within the zone develop two interconnected basal bodies with their respective flagellar rootlets.
Pine voles burrow underground, feeding mainly on rootlets and stripping the bark off larger roots.
The presence of great quantities of the fungus Microcodium indicates traces of rootlets.
The rootlets of cranial nerve XII ( the hypoglossal nerve ) emerge from this sulcus.
The hairy roots of sarsaparilla are fibrous and may have few rootlets growing out.
After drying, rootlets are eliminated, and they can be used as animal feed.
It has no wood stems or flowers, and has small rootlets instead of roots.
The bud is the essential element as embryological tissues, young shoots, rootlets.
For a time, all was quiet, but the rootlets soon began to pulse again.
These eggs are laid in a cup nest constructed of leaves, bark strips, and rootlets.
The Catalan, Occitan or Breton languages represent the rootlets of France 's cultural tree.
They were equivalent to stems, with organs equivalent to leaves performing the role of rootlets.
By-product of malting, consisting mainly of dried rootlets of germinated cereals.

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