Adventitious roots

• Title

  Adventitious roots

• Definition

  Roots arising directly from a part of the plant other than the primary root, e.g., the roots that arise from the base of the stem of a corn plant (Zea mays) but adventitious roots can also arise from other parts of a plant.

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