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Definition of Rootcap
1. n. A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.
Definition of Rootcap
1. Noun. A mass of parenchymatous cells that covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rootcap
1. the loose mass of cells that covers the tip of some roots [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rootcap
Literary usage of Rootcap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Each thallus produces a single rootlet, which is devoid of vascular tissue and
is commonly provided with a thin blunt or pointed rootcap. ..."
2. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"The apex of the root is always covered by a rootcap which protects the ...
The rootcap, so far as its function is concerned, may be compared with the other ..."
3. Studies in Microscopical Science by Arthur C. Cole (1884)
"In Monocotyledons there is no genetic connection between the Epidermis and the
rootcap, this latter structure being derived from a distinct layer —the ..."
4. General Botany for Universities and Colleges by Hiram Delos Densmore (1920)
"For our convenience in describing the growth of the root the tip may therefore
be divided (Fig. 31, <•) into the following cell zones: the rootcap, ..."
5. Introduction to Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Otis William Caldwell (1914)
"As the root pushes its way through the soil the rootcap is constantly being ...
During the seasons of activity the rootcap is continually being rebuilt by ..."
6. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"Sometimes the rootcap dies off completely, and then it is quickly followed by
the other parts of the apex, but usually the ..."
7. A Laboratory Manual in Practical Botany by Charles Herbert Clark (1898)
"Study the loosely arranged cells of the older portion of the rootcap at the very
end of the root; above these are more compact and regularly arranged newer ..."
8. A Laboratory Manual in Practical Botany by Charles Herbert Clark (1898)
"Study the loosely arranged cells of the older portion of the rootcap at the very
end of the root; above these are more compact and regularly" arranged newer ..."
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