endorhiz, endorhiza

[Greek end on within, and rhiza =a root.] Bot .: The radicle of the embryo in monocotyledonous plants, each rootlet of which is covered by a sheath called Coleorhiza. [END OR HIZEN.] en-dō-rhiz-al, en-dō-rhiz-ous, a. [ Gr.end on =within; rhiza a root; and Eng., ., suff. -al, -ous.] Bot.: Pertaining to the Endorhizese (q. v.); monocotyledonous. en-dō-rhiz-e-æ, s. pl. [ Gr.end on =within; rhiza =a root, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.-eœ.] Bot.: The name given in A. D. 1808 by Richard to the great sub-kingdom of plants termed by De Candolle, in A. D. 1813, Mono cotyle done or Endogene. en-dō-rhiz-ous, a. [ENDORHIZAL.] ěn-dorm', v . t. [Fr. endormir =to put to sleep.] To produce hypnosis by means of mesmerism or animal magnetism; to cause magnetic sleep.