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ROOT HAIR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does root hair mean?

• ROOT HAIR (noun)
The noun ROOT HAIR has 1 sense:

1. thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil

Familiarity information: ROOT HAIR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ROOT HAIR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("root hair" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Holonyms ("root hair" is a part of...):

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)

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