rootlet

1. 1.

   small root or division of a root

   Broaderroot

Other forms of rootlet

plural

rootlets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rootlet

What does rootlet mean?

rootlet means "small root or division of a root".

How many syllables are in rootlet?

rootlet has 2 syllables: root-let. The stress falls on "root".

Is rootlet a common word?

rootlet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.