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ROOT CAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does root cap mean? 

ROOT CAP (noun)
  The noun ROOT CAP has 1 sense:

1. thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a rootplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ROOT CAP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("root cap" 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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