rhizosessile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having rootlike holdfast structures.

Word forms

rhizosessile

Etymology

From rhizoid (“rootlike”) + sessile (“fixed in place”). Attested from 1980s (see quotations below).

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