Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cap-like layer of parenchymatous cells which occurs at the tip of growing roots.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root

Etymologies

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root +‎ cap

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