exorhizal

English

Alternative forms

exorhizous

Etymology

From exo- +‎ rhizal.

Adjective

exorhizal (not comparable)

(botany) Having a radicle that is not enclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “exorhizal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)