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单词 rootcap
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rootcap

[ root-kap, root- ]
/ ˈrutˌkæp, ˈrʊt- /

noun Botany.

the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.

Origin of rootcap

First recorded in 1875–80; root1 + cap1

Words nearby rootcap

root-and-branch, rootball, root beer, root canal, root canal therapy, rootcap, root caries index, root cellar, root climber, root crop, root division
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British Dictionary definitions for rootcap

root cap

noun

a hollow cone of loosely arranged cells that covers the growing tip of a root and protects it during its passage through the soil
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for rootcap

root cap

A thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and protects the root tip of plants. Also called calyptra
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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