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aerial root — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms aerial root : singular aerial root plural aerial roots biology a root that grows down from a plant part that is above the ground … English dictionary
Aerial root — Pneumatophore redirects here. It is also a name for the air bladder of the Portuguese Man o War. Aerial roots are roots that are aboveground. They are almost always adventitious. They are found in diverse plant species, including epiphytes also… … Wikipedia
aerial root — noun Any adventitious root that grows from a plant stem above ground … Wiktionary
aerial root — n. adventitious root growing from the stem above ground level … English contemporary dictionary
root — 1. Of plant. A a, mole, weli; ♦ root with many sprouts, kumulau; ♦ root of koali vine, kalēhuna. ♦ Aerial root, ma alewa, a a lewalewa, a a kiolea, mahulukū; ule hala, uleule hala (of pandanus). ♦ Root system, pa i a a. ♦ Root… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
root sheath — noun 1. a. : a many layered epidermal sheath surrounding an aerial root (as the velamen in an epiphytic orchid) b. : coleorhiza 2. : the epidermal lining of a hair follicle comprising two principal layers of cells that make up an inner and an… … Useful english dictionary
Root-knot nematode — Larva of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, magnified 500×, shown here penetrating a tomato root Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Aerial roots — Root Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Root — This article is about the part of a plant. For other uses, see Root (disambiguation). Primary and secondary roots in a cotton plant In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil. This is… … Wikipedia
root — root1 rootlike, adj. /rooht, root/, n. 1. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some… … Universalium
