root hair

1. 1.

   thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil

   Broaderplant organ

   Part ofroot

Questions about root hair

What does root hair mean?

root hair means "thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil".

Is root hair a common word?

root hair is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.