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from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having the radicle of the embryo inclosed within a sheath: a characteristic of endogenous plants. See cut under
endogen .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having the
radicle of theembryo sheathed by thecotyledon , through which the embryo bursts ingermination , as in manymonocotyledonous plants.
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Here I ceased for the day, having I think ascertained that ferns are endorhizal, and that the primary divisions of the roots hence have sheaths, which adhere to the apex of the root itself.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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