# root hair

> part of a plant. any of the hollow hairlike outgrowths of the outer cells of a root, just behind the tip, that absorb water and salts from the soil

**Wikidata**: [Q1351263](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351263)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_hair)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/root-hair


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)