arrhizous

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adjective

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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Meanings

adjectivearrhizous (comparative more arrhizous, superlative most arrhizous)

comparative more arrhizous · superlative most arrhizous

  1. biologyHaving 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.

    Synonyms: arrhizal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving 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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Origin

From a- + rhiz- + -ous.

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APA

arrhizous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrhizous

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“arrhizous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrhizous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrhizous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrhizous.

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