adj
Relating to acidophytes
n
(biology) A root nodule formed as a result of a symbiotic relationship between an actinomycete and fine plant roots.
adj
(botany) Able to form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria
n
Alternative form of etiolation [(botany) Growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis.]
adj
Synonym of chlorophyllose
n
biomass composed of roots
n
The outermost part of a rhizosphere
adj
Relating to algae of the class Eustigmatophyceae
adj
Relating to glycophytes.
adj
(botany) That retains its chlorophyll when deprived of water
n
Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
adj
Related to, or derived from lithospermum
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.
n
(botany) A microscopic rhizome
n
Alternative form of myco-heterotroph [A plant that gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.]
adj
Of or pertaining to a mycorrhiza.
n
The inoculation of a plant's roots with mycorrhiza
adj
(botany) That has a mycorrhiza (symbiotic relationship with a fungus)
n
The region around a mycorrhizal fungus in which nutrients released from the fungus increase the microbial population and its activities
adj
having plantlike qualities
adj
(botany) Having many roots
adj
(botany) Relating to the root.
adj
(mathematics, archaic) Relating to the root of an equation.
n
Alternative form of rhizine [(botany, lichenology) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid]
n
(botany, lichenology) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid
n
(ecology) Any bacterium that has a symbiotic relationship with legumes via its rhizomes
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(biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes.
n
A container for plant experiments in which rhizosphere soil is held separate from the bulk soil
n
(botany) The rootstock of a polyp.
n
(biology) Either of the environments occupied by plant roots - rhizoplane, rhizosphere and surrounding soil
n
The suitability (of a bacterium) to form a relationship with a rhizome
n
(botany) A concretion on the roots of a plant
adj
deposed by or in a rhizome
n
(biology) Sloughed-off plant cells, in the rhizosphere, that are fed on by bacteria
n
(botany) The release of organic compounds from plant roots into the surrounding environment
n
(botany) One of a proposed class of flowering plants growing on the roots of other plants and lacking green foliage.
n
(botany) The production and development of roots or rhizomes
adj
Resembling the root of a plant.
n
Alternative form of rhizome [(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.]
n
An abnormal development in the taproots of some plants, especially sugar beet, characterized by fine, hairy secondary roots; it is caused by the infection of the plant with a virus transmitted by a protozoan.
n
(philosophy) The philosophical theory based on rhizomes.
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The condition of being rhizomatous
n
(philosophy, critical theory) A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities.
n
(biology) A microbiome associated with the roots of a plant
n
(biology) The microbiota of rhizomes
adj
Resembling a rhizomorph.
adj
Of or relating to rhizomorphs.
n
The microenvironment of a root system near the surface.
adj
(archaic, mathematics) Relating to the separation of the roots of an equation.
v
(botany) To secrete from a rhizome.
n
(botany) secretion from a rhizome
n
(soil science) the soil region subject to the influence of plant roots and their associated microorganisms
adj
Of or pertaining to the rhizosphere.
n
(botany) The arrangement of the roots of plants.
n
Alternative form of rhizotaxis [(botany) The arrangement of the roots of plants.]
adj
(linguistics, of an inflected form) whose stressed syllable is in the stem
adj
toxic to rhizomes / roots
n
A transparent underground structure, used to observe plant roots.
n
Alternative form of rhizotron [A transparent underground structure, used to observe plant roots.]
n
(botany) A lump found on the roots of some plants, primarily legumes, that forms a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia, allowing the plant to obtain nitrogen directly from the atmosphere, which most plants cannot do.
adj
Relating to saprophytes.
adj
Relating to saprovores
n
A biotic community formed by various species of cyanobacteria, lichens, and algae that stains rock faces with a black or blue color.
adj
Of or pertaining to xerosere.
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of the xeromesophytes
adj
Of or pertaining to a xerosere.
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