endorhiza
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek within + root. So called because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
Noun edit
endorhiza (plural endorhizae)
- (botany) Any monocotyledonous plant.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “endorhiza”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)