||En`do*rhi"za (?), n.; pl.
Endorhizæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ? within +
? root.] (Bot.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named
because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
☞ Endorhiza was proposed by Richard as a substitute
for the term endogen, and exorhiza as a substitute for
the term exogen; but they have not been generally adopted.