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.
- reverendship
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- reverentially
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- reverentness
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- reverer
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- reverification
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- reverise
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- revers
- reversable
- reversal
- reversal film
- reversal potential
- reversal process
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- reversal processing
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