root hair cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000256
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: célula del pelo de la raíz (Spanish)
- exact: 根毛細胞 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A root epidermal cell (PO:0025164) that develops from a trichoblast (PO:0000262) and has as part a root hair (GO:0035618). [source: ISBN:0471245208]
- Comment
- Compare with non-hair root epidermal cell (PO:0000263). This term is for an entire epidermal cell that contains a root hair extension. To describe only the cell extension, see root hair (GO:0035618) or root hair tip (GO:0035619).
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