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.
Secondary growth or Ã¢â¬ÅwoodÃ¢â¬ is noticeable in woody plants; it occurs in some dicots, but occurs very rarely in monocots. The vascular cambium is located between the primary xylem and primary phloem within the vascular bundle.