Definition of rhizogenic
:producing roots
—used of the tissue of the pericycle in the roots of seed plants that gives rise to rootlets endogenously
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rhizogenic
adjective
rhi·zo·gen·ic
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¦rīzə¦jenik
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variants:
or
rhizogenetic
\-jə̇¦netik\
or
rhizogenous
\(ˈ)rī¦zäjənəs\
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Origin and Etymology of rhizogenic
rhiz- + -genic or -genetic or -genous
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