rhizosecrete

English

Etymology

rhizo- +‎ secrete

Verb

rhizosecrete (third-person singular simple present rhizosecretes, present participle rhizosecreting, simple past and past participle rhizosecreted)

1. (botany) To secrete from a rhizome.
   • 2007, B Prithiviraj, “Chemical facilitation and induced pathogen resistance mediated by a root‐secreted phytotoxin”, in New Phytologist:

     Recent studies have shown that the European plant Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed), an invasive species in North America, rhizosecretes a phytotoxin (±)-catechin (Bais et al., 2002, 2003), although the quantities of (±)-catechin produced and its potency as a phytotoxin under some conditions remains uncertain (Blair et al., 2005).

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