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Root hair   /rut hɛr/   Listen
Root hair

noun
1.
Thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil.





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... are able to form a symbiosis with specific plant species. They insert a hyphae into the gap between individual plant cells in a root hair or just behind the growing root tip. Then the hyphae "drinks" from the vascular system of the plant, robbing it of a bit of its life's blood. However, this is not harmful predation because as the root grows, a bark develops ...
— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon


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