The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπῖλος“cap”
- English todaypileorhiza
From Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “cap”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπῖλος all →
neuropiluranopilite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pileorhiza
Today it means: A cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πῖλος