Definition of schizogenous in English:
schizogenous
adjectiveskɪtˈzɒdʒənəsʃʌɪˈzɒdʒənəsskitˈsäj-
Botany (of an intercellular space in a plant) formed by the splitting of the common wall of contiguous cells.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, in plants with schizogenous and lysigenous aerenchymas, even though intercellular spaces clearly arise within the initials region of root tips, their lacunae are farther removed from the meristem.
- In certain species, nutrients are released into a specialized apoplasmic cavity derived from schizogenous activity.
- A similar pattern of schizogenous mucilage has also been reported for Hibiscus schizopetalus.
Derivatives
adjective
Botany noun
Botany Our interpretations of aerenchyma do not agree for all plants, especially for some species with honeycomb aerenchyma, but they do for most schizogeny and lysigeny.