spongiole

English

Etymology

Latin spongiola (“a rose gall, small roots”), diminutive of spongia: compare French spongiole.

Noun

spongiole (plural spongioles)

1. (botany) A supposed sponge-like expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water.

Synonyms

• spongelet

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “spongiole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)