rootcap

English

Etymology

Noun

rootcap (plural rootcaps)

A mass of parenchymatous cells that covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rootcap in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Translations

a mass of parenchymatous cells that covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root

Tagalog: saklub-ugat

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.