root hair

noun

The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.

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Meanings

nounroot hair (plural root hairs)

plural root hairs · alternative roothair

  1. biologyThe rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.

Translations

Catalan pèl radicular
  • pèl radicularTranslations
Czech kořenový vlásek
  • kořenový vlásekTranslations
Dutch wortelhaar
  • wortelhaarTranslations
French poil racinaire
  • poil racinaireTranslations
German Wurzelhaar
  • WurzelhaarTranslations
Italian pelo radicale
  • pelo radicaleTranslations
Māori weri
  • weriTranslations
Polish włośniki
  • włośnikiTranslations
Portuguese pelo radicular
  • pelo radicularTranslations
Spanish pelo radical
  • pelo radicalTranslations
Tagalog balahibong-ugat
  • balahibong-ugatTranslations
Welsh gwreiddflewyn
  • gwreiddflewynTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

root hair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/root%20hair

MLA

“root hair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/root%20hair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “root hair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/root%20hair.

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