vīvĭrādix

īcis, f.

vivus-radix

I. a set or cutting having a root, a layer, quickset; of the vine, Cato, R. R. 33, 4; Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 170; of the rose, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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