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From rhizoid (“rootlike”) + sessile (“fixed in place”). Attested from 1980s (see quotations below).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rhizosessile
Today it means: Having rootlike holdfast structures. Full definition →
Today it means: Having rootlike holdfast structures. Full definition →
From rhizoid (“rootlike”) + sessile (“fixed in place”). Attested from 1980s (see quotations below).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.