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rhizogenic

[rahy-zoh-jen-ik]

adjective Botany.

producing roots, as certain cells.

Also, rhi·zog·e·nous

[rahy-zoj-uh-nuhs] .

Origin:
1880–85; rhizo- + -genic

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group of mostly aquatic eukaryotic organisms which conduct photosynthesis and make their own food

form of a diploid plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores

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rhizogenic, rhizogenetic or rhizogenous (ˌraɪzəʊˈdʒɛnɪk, ˌraɪzəʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk, raɪˈzɒdʒənəs)

—*adj*
	(of cells and tissues) giving rise to roots

rhizogenetic, rhizogenetic or rhizogenous

—*adj*

rhizogenous, rhizogenetic or rhizogenous

—*adj*

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rhizogenic

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