Etymology

hydrorhiza

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Today it means: The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥίζα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥίζα“root”
  2. English todayhydrorhiza

hydro- + Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekῥίζα all →

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