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arrhizous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ar-rhi-zous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Etymology

From a- + rhiz- + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more arrhizous (comparative) most arrhizous (superlative)

Synonyms

arrhizal

Questions

What does arrhizous mean?
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.
Where does arrhizous come from?
From a- + rhiz- + -ous.

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