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Rootcap

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pileorhizanoun(botany, archaic) A cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
rootnounThe part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
root systemnoun(botany) The structure comprising the roots of a plant.
rootballnounThe mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container.
root hairnoun(biology) The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.
rootletnounOne of the smallest roots, hair roots.
cortexnoun(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
rhizodermisnoun(botany) The outermost primary cell layer of the root.
clubrootnoun(phytopathology) A common disease of cabbages, radishes, turnips, and other plants of the Cruciferae, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which galls form on latent roots, rendering them clublike.
roothairnounAlternative form of root hair. [(biology) The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.]
endodermisnoun(botany) In a plant stem or root, a cylinder of cells that separates the outer cortex from the central core. The endodermis controls flow of water and minerals within the plant. In most plants, this tissue is restricted to the roots.
crownnoun(clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
epiblemanoun(botany) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
radiclenoun(botany) The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
rootingnounA method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
coleorhizanoun(botany) A sheath-like structure found in a monocotyledon plant seed that acts as a protective covering enclosing the radicle.
rootstalknoun(botany) Synonym of rhizome.
rootzonenounAlternative form of root zone [The region of soil in which the roots of plants can effectively extract water and nutrients essential for growth.]
rootlingnouna plantling just beginning to root.
pseudorootnoun(linguistics) A fake root word.

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