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noun
The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant organ
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