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rhizocompartment

rhizocompartment noun: either of the environments occupied by plant roots: rhizoplane, rhizosphere and the surrounding soil.

Noun

rhizocompartment (plural rhizocompartments)

  1. Either of the environments occupied by plant roots: rhizoplane, rhizosphere and the surrounding soil.

Forms of rhizocompartment

pluralrhizocompartments

Origin of rhizocompartment

From rhizo- + compartment.

Words formed from rhizocompartment

Questions about rhizocompartment

What does rhizocompartment mean?
Rhizocompartment means either of the environments occupied by plant roots: rhizoplane, rhizosphere and the surrounding soil.
What part of speech is rhizocompartment?
Rhizocompartment is a noun.
What is the plural of rhizocompartment?
The plural of rhizocompartment is rhizocompartments.

Words near rhizocompartment in the dictionary

  1. rhizocephalan
  2. rhizocephalans
  3. rhizocephalous
  4. rhizochalin
  5. rhizochalins
  6. rhizocompartment
  7. rhizocompartmental
  8. rhizocompartments
  9. rhizocompetence
  10. rhizocompetent
  11. rhizoconcretion

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