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are commonly found in dicot plants which penetrate the soil with relatively little branching.
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taproots
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grows directly from the plant embryo.
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primary roots
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taproots that enlarge to store large quantities of food.
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fleshy roots
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have no main section but spread out with very thin forming a tangled mass n shallow soil.
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fibrous roots
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the epidermal cells develop into long fingerlike projections.
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root hairs
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the increase of meristematic cells in the root.
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primary growth
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the region closest to the end.
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meristematic region
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just above the meristematic region.
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region of elongation
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the third region of growth which cells organize into the vascular cylinder.
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matruation region
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is a cone-shape covering at the tip of the root.
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root cap
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the process of mixing molecules of one substance through another by random molecular motion.
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diffusion
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one-way diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
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osmosis
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is the upward movement of liquids through a very narrow tube.
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capillarity
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the force that holds water particles together.
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cohesion
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the force that causes water to stick to the walls of narrow tubes.
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adhesion
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