rootcap
[ root-kap, root- ]
/ ˈrutˌkæp, ˈrʊt- /
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noun Botany.
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
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How to use rootcap in a sentence
These forming roots might also be marked very early, and so be shown to carry onward their root-cap on the growing-point.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. NewellThe extreme tip consists of a sort of cap of hard tissue, called the root-cap.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. NewellIn these the gradual formation of the root-cap could be watched throughout, with merely a small lens.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. NewellThis is evidently an adaptation which protects the young and actively growing cells just under the root cap.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
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
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Scientific definitions for rootcap
root cap
A thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and protects the root tip of plants. Also called calyptra
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