root cap

root cap

n. Botany

A thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and protects the root tip.

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root cap

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) 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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root cap

A thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and protects the root tip of plants. Also called calyptra.

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Noun

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root cap - thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus root - (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