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Record 1 2000-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
CONT

Near to the growing root tips, root hairs commonly develop; their function is to greatly increase the surface area for the uptake of water and its dissolved minerals.

Key term(s)
  • feeder roots

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Organes ressemblant à des poils qui se développent près de l'extrémité des radicelles.

CONT

Les poils absorbants permettent l'absorption des substances nutritives du sol.

CONT

Les racines se terminent après quelques ramifications par des radicelles; elles portent à leurs extrémités les poils absorbants prélevant dans le sol l'eau et les matières minérales nécessaires à l'alimentation de la plante.

Spanish

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