radication — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The process of taking root, or state of being rooted.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Synonyms

   settlement

   Examples

   the radication of habits

   So that an essential increase of charity means nothing else but that it is yet more in its subject, which implies a greater radication in its subject.

2. The disposition of the roots of a plant.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

   radication of plants

   They had a due diffuſion of their roots on all or both ſides, vvhereby they maintained ſome proportion to their height, in Trees of large radication.

   More examples (1)

   I recollect no instance at this moment of an 1-locular anther except in Canna, and from its mode of insertion as well as the analogy of other scitamineous anthers, that seems to me rather half an anther, than a whole one: however, the radication, and stipulation fix Sowerbæa immovably near Dianella, as well as the country it comes from

3. The process of extracting a number's root.

   Usage

   • Rare
   • Uncountable
   • usually