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radlcal (rad'ikal) a. [L. radix, foot.] 

 Arising from the root close to the 

 ground, as basal leaves (bot.}. 



radicant (rad'ikant) a. [L. radicari, 

 to take root.] With roots develop- 

 ing from the stem (bot.}. 



radicel (rad'isgl) n. [L. radix, root.] 

 A small root (bot.}. 



radiciflorous (radis'iflo'rus) a. [L. 

 radix, root ; flos, flower.] With 

 flowers arising at the extreme base 

 of the stem (hot.}. 



radiciform (radis'iform) a. [L. radix, 

 root ; forma, shape.] Resembling 

 a root (dot.}, 



radicivorous (rad'isiv'drus) a, [L. 

 radix, root ; vorare, to devour.] 

 Root-eating (zool.}. 



radicle (rad'lkl) n. [L. radix, root.] 

 A small root (bot.}. 



radicolous (radlk'olus) a. [L. radix, 

 root ; colere, to inhabit.] Inhabit- 

 ing roots (biol.). 



radicose (rad'ikos) a. [L. radix, root.] 

 With large root (bot.}. 



radicular (radik'ular) a. [L. radix, 

 root.] Pert, a radicule or radicle 

 (bot.}. 



radicule (rad'ikul) . [L. radix, root.] 

 A rootlet. 



radiculose (radlk'ulos) a. [L. radix, 

 root.] Having many rootlets (bot.}. 



radiocarpal (ra'diokar'pal) a. [L. 

 radius, ray ; carpus, wrist.] Pert. 

 radius and wrist (zool.}. 



radiosymmetrical (ra'diosTmeYrikal) 

 a. [L. radius, ray ; Gk. syn, with ; 

 inetron, measure.] Having similar 

 parts similarly arranged round a 

 central axis (biol.}. 



radioulnar (ra'dioul'nar) a. [L. radius, 

 ray ; ulna, elbow.] Pert, radius and 

 ulna (zool.}. 



radius (ra'dlus) n. [L. radius, ray.] 

 A bone of the arm or fore-limb 

 between humerus and carpals, often 

 fused with -the ulna ; one of the 

 plates of Aristotle's lantern ; an 

 insect wing-vein (zool.}. 



radix (rad'iks, ra'dlks) n. [L. radix, 

 root.] A root (bot.}. 



radula (rad'ula) n. [L. radere, to 

 scrape.] A short and broad strip 

 of membrane with longitudinal rows 

 of chitinous teeth found in the 

 mouth of most Gastropods (zool.}. 



radulate (rad'ulat) a. [L. radere, to 



scrape.] Having a radula or rasp- 

 ing organ (zool.}. 



raduliferous (rad'ulif'e'rus) a. [L. 

 radere, to scrape ; ferre, to carry.] 

 Radulate (zool.}. 



raduliform (radu'lif&rm) a. [L. radere, 

 to scrape ; fortna, shape.] Like a 

 radula or flexible file (zool.}. 



Rainey's corpuscles, the spores of 

 Sarcocystis, an elongated Sporo- 

 zoan found in voluntary muscle 

 fibres (phys.}. 



Rainey's tubes, a name given to 

 elongated sacs found in the sub- 

 stance of voluntary muscle, which 

 are adult stages of Dolichosporidia, 

 Sporozoa (phys.}. 



raker, see gill rakers. 



ramal (ra'mal) a. [L. ramus, a 

 branch.] Belonging to branches ; 

 originating on a branch (bot.}. 



ramate (ra'mat) a. [L. ramus, a 

 branch.] Branched (bot.}. 



ramelose (ram'filos) a. [L. ramus, 

 a branch.] Having small branches 

 (bot.}. 



ramentaceous (ram'gnta'shus) a. [L. 

 radere, to scrape.] Like a ramen- 

 tum ; covered by ramenta (bot.}. 



ramentiferous (ram'Sntlf 6rus) a. [L. 

 radere, to scrape ; ferre, to carry.] 

 Bearing ramenta (bot.}. 



ramentum (ramgn'tum) n. [L. radere, 

 to scrape.] One of the brown 

 scale-like structures found on fern 

 leaves (bot.) ; plu. ramenta, elong- 

 ated membranous hairs, epidermal 

 outgrowths (bot.}. 



rameous (ra'meus) a. [L. ramus, a 

 branch.] Branched (bot.}. 



ramicorn (ram'ikorn) a. [L. ramus, 

 branch ; cornu, horn.] Having 

 branched antennae, as some Insects 

 (zool.}. 



ramif erous (ramlffirus) a. [L. ramus, 

 branch ; ferre, to bear.] Branched 

 (bot.}. 



ramification (ram'iflka'shun) n. [L. 

 ramus, a branch ; facere, to make.] 

 Branching ; a branch of a tree, 

 nerve, artery, etc. 



ramiflorous (ram'fflo'rus) a. [L. ramus, 

 branch ; flos, flower.] Having 

 flowers on the branches (bot.}. 



ramif orm (r&m'Iform) a. [L. ramus, 

 branch ; forma, shape.] Branch- 

 like. 



