exÂ·peÂ·dite. (Äkâ²spÄ­-dÄ«tâ²) tr.v. exÂ·peÂ·ditÂ·ed, exÂ·peÂ·ditÂ·ing, exÂ·peÂ·dites. To speed up the progress of or execute quickly: expedite the review of a legal case; expedite a loan application.
The cortex, composed primarily of parenchyma cells, is the largest part of the primary root, but in most dicots (eudicots) and in gymnosperms that undergo extensive secondary growth, it is soon crushed, and its storage function assumed by other tissues.
Root, in botany, that part of a plant normally underground. Its primary functions are anchorage of the plant, absorption of water and dissolved minerals and conduction of these to the stem, and storage of reserve foods. play_circle_outline.