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幼根 (ようこん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

幼よう根こん

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Meanings

1

noun

radicle

botany

Botanical term for the embryonic root of a plant seedling.

発はつ芽がすると、まず幼よう根こんが伸のび始はじめる。
When it germinates, the radicle begins to grow first.

Kanji

幼infancy, childhood
根root, radical, head (pimple)

Etymology

Compound of 幼 (young, immature) and 根 (root), directly describing the embryonic root.