单词 | root hair |
释义 | > as lemmasroot hair root hair n. [after German Wurzel-Haar (1838 in the passage referred to in quot. 1841)] Botany each of a large number of elongated microscopic outgrowths from the outer layer of cells in a root, absorbing moisture and nutrients from the soil. ΚΠ 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 152/2 On the lower surface of [the roots of] Marchantia, prolongations of the cellular tissue are observed, which Meyen calls root hairs or capillary fibrils. 1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 503 The root-hairs are found on the ultimate branches just back of the growing point; their function is to absorb nutriment from the soil. 2006 R. Alexander Essent. Garden Maintenance Workbk. v. 266/2 At or near the tip of each root, you may just be able to see a white, fuzzy mass of root hairs. These are only just visible with the naked eye. < as lemmas |
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