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Webster 1913 Edition

Pileorhiza

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Piˊle-o-rhi′za

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Noun.

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pl.

Pilorhizæ

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a cap + [GREEK] root.]

(Bot.)

A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.