root tip
The growing end of a root, containing cells that divide and lengthen as the root extends.
Longitudinal view of a young onion root tip (Allium cepa)
All languages
- English
- root tip
- Norwegian
- rotspiss
- Japanese
- 根の先端 — ねのせんたん — nenosentan
- Korean
- 뿌리 끝 — ppuri kkeut
- Spanish
- ápice radicular
- French
- pointe de racine
- German
- Wurzelspitze
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- UC Agriculture and Natural Resources — the root tip contains overlapping zones of cell division, elongation, and specialization, protected at the end by the root cap
- Washington State University Extension — root-tip diagram shows cap, division region, elongation region, and maturation region with root hairs
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Gardener Handbook — the root tip progresses from root cap and meristem through elongation to maturation