Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cap-like layer of parenchymatous cells which occurs at the tip of growing roots.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.
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- noun A mass of
parenchymatous cells that covers and protects the growing cells at the end of aroot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root
Etymologies
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root + cap
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