rhipiptera

pl. [Greek rhipis a fan, and pteron a wing.] Entom.: Strepsiptera (q. v.). ( Latreille .) 3460 warmer parts of America. Rhipsalis pachyptera, bruised, is used as a fomentation for ill-conditioned ulcers. rhi-za-, rhizo-, rhiz-, prefix. [Greek rhiza =a root.] thing resembling it. Bof., Zool ., .: Of or belonging to a root, or any ing to the Rhizanthese. rhì-zănth, s . [RHIZANTHEE.] A plant belong