rhexigenous
/rɛkˈsɪdʒɪnəs/ /rɛkˈsɪdʒ(ə)nəs/Botany
adjective
Of an intercellular space in plant tissue: formed by the spontaneous mechanical rupture of cells.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From German rhexigen (A. de Bary Vergleichende Anat. der Vegetationsorgane der Phanerogamen u. Farne i. vii. 209; from ancient Greek ῥῆξις action or fact of breaking + German -gen: see -genous) + -ous.
- running sore
- running start
- running stitch
- running string
- running text
- running thyme
- running time
- running total
- running trap
- running vest
- running water
- runny
- Runnymede
- runo
- run off
- run-off
- run off at the mouth
- run off with
- run-of-river
- run-of-the-mill
- runographic
- runological
- runologist
- runology
- run on