Adhesive root

Japanese: adhesive root(英語表記)adhesiveroot
Adhesive root

…Some of these creep just above the surface of the soil, sometimes extending above ground, but the root's geotropism is disturbed only in such special cases. The adhesive roots of epiphytes and the adventitious roots of tree ferns are also types of aerial roots. Roots that acquire chlorophyll in the air are called assimilation roots. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "adhesive root" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらのうちには,地表すれすれのところを匍匐(ほふく)していて,ところどころで地上へ伸び出してくるものがあるが,根の屈地性がそのような特殊な場合に限って乱されているものである。 着生植物の付着のためのもの(付着根adhesive root)や木生シダの幹につく不定根も,気根の一型である。空気中で根が葉緑素をもつようになったものを同化根assimilation rootという。…

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