Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX'OR-RHIZ, or EX-OR-RHI'ZA
EX'OR-RHIZ, or EX-OR-RHI'ZA, n. [Gr. εξ and ριζα.]
In botany, a plant whose radicle elongates downward, directly from the base of the embryo. Lindley.
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