A thimble-shaped protective structure on a root tip. 546
A structure found at the apex of roots, except those of many water plants, produced by the apical meristem. As the root pushes its way through the soil, the outer (older) cells of the root cap are sloughed off and replaced by new cells from the meristem.
Structure that covers and protects the apical meristem in plant roots. Cells forming a protective series of layers over the root meristem. PICTURE
A thimblelike mass of cells covering and protecting the apical meristem of a root.
A thimble-shaped mass of cells, produced by the root apical meristem, that protects the meristem and that is the organ that perceives the gravitational stimulus in root gravitropism.
a structure at the ends (tips) of the roots. It covers and protects the apical meristem (the actively growing region) of the root.