root hair

root hair

n. A thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell of a plant root that absorbs water and minerals from the soil.

root hair

n (Botany) any of the hollow hairlike outgrowths of the outer cells of a root, just behind the tip, that absorb water and salts from the soil

root′ hair`

n. an elongated tubular extension of an epidermal cell of a root, serving to absorb water and minerals from the soil. [1855–60]

root hair

A hair-like outgrowth of a plant root that absorbs water and minerals from the soil.

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root hair - thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soilplant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungusroot - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground