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ABSORBING ROOTS [1 record]

Record 1 2009-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Botany
DEF

Fine, non-woody roots of a tree that absorb substances from the soil.

OBS

Scientific American, April 1985.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Botanique
DEF

[...] petits filaments qui proviennent de la ramification des racines plus importantes.

Key term(s)
  • radicelle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Botánica
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