calyptrogen

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calyptrogen [kəˈlɪptrədʒən]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants

[from calyptra + -gen]

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