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rhizosecretes

rhizosecretes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rhizosecrete.

Meaning of rhizosecrete

Verb

rhizosecrete (third-person singular simple present rhizosecretes, present participle rhizosecreting, simple past and past participle rhizosecreted)

  1. To secrete from a rhizome.
    • Recent studies have shown that the European plant Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed), an invasive species in North America, rhizosecretes a phytotoxin (±)-catechin (Bais et al., 2002, 2003), although the quantities of (±)-catechin produced and its potency as a phytotoxin under some conditions...2007, B Prithiviraj, “Chemical facilitation and induced pathogen resistance mediated by a root‐secreted phytotoxin”, in New Phytologist

Questions about rhizosecretes

What is rhizosecretes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rhizosecretes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rhizosecrete.

Words near rhizosecretes in the dictionary

  1. rhizoremediator
  2. rhizoremediators
  3. rhizoristic
  4. rhizosecrete
  5. rhizosecreted
  6. rhizosecretes
  7. rhizosecreting
  8. rhizosecretion
  9. rhizosecretions
  10. rhizosessile
  11. rhizosheath

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