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Definition: COLEORHIZA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Coleorhiza" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Coleorhiza \Co`le*o*rhi"za\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression sheath root.]. (references)

Definition: COLEORHIZA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "COLEORHIZA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Coleorhiza \Co`le*o*rhi"za\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression sheath root.]. (references)