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____________ are unicellular elongated structures found in epidermal cells that absorb water and minerals from the soil.

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Root hairs

Root hairs are unicellular, tube-like outgrowths of the epidermal cells of the root, found in the root-hair zone just behind the root tip.

They greatly increase the surface area of the root in contact with the soil, which makes the absorption of water and mineral salts efficient.

Guard cells and stomata, on the other hand, are found in the leaf epidermis and control gaseous exchange and transpiration.

Hence, Root hairs.

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