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"Contractile"
Keywords:
rhizome
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seedling
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closer
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bulb
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able
Describes a root that is able to draw a bulb, rhizome, or seedling into the soil or closer to the surface.
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Keywords:
shorter
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shrinking
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capable
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wings
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dimensions
tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
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capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
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Contractile means being capable of contracting or producing contraction (becoming shorter in length or size).
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