En'do-rhī'zē, n.

noun

n.; pl. EN'DO-RHĪ'ZÆ. [Gr. ἔνδον, within, and ῥίζα, root.] (Bot.) The embryo of a monocotyledonous or endogenous plant;—so called because the radicle, in germinating, ruptures the integument at the base of the seed, so that the root appears to be inclosed.