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Old 16-05-2008, 11:03 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default I need a word

In article ,
(Nick Maclaren) wrote:

When you cut the main stems of angelica, there is something like
a spaghetti corkscrew inside that does not seem attached to the
stems except at the bottom. I can't see why, but let that pass.

My question is what is it called?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


I'd hazard a guess as rootlets.

Bill

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