arrhizous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a- +‎ rhiz- +‎ -ous.

Adjective[edit]

arrhizous (comparative more arrhizous, superlative most arrhizous)

  1. (botany) Having no root: applied to parasitical plants which have no root, but adhere to other plants by any part of their surface, and derive their nourishment from them; also to mosses and Hepaticœ which are destitute of rhizoids.

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