-rhiza

1. variant of -rrhiza.

Example Sentences

“It’s been decimated. That’s what attracted us,” says Ean Eldred, one of the partners of the Portland architecture firm of rhiza A + D, as he makes his way around the metal chunks.

From Seattle Times

Concert organizer Rhiza Pascua tweeted a picture of the meeting.

From Washington Times

She fastened charms around his neck, the seeds of the “rhiza” to keep away convulsions, and a piece of “mooti” or medicinal wood as a preventive against illness generally.

From Project Gutenberg

In the morning, the patéras guided us to a peak, near the northeastern point of the Akroteri, whence we could overlook, not only the peninsula and Suda Bay, but the Apokorona, the coast from Cape Spada to Cape Stavros, the Rhiza as far as the mountains of Kisamos, Mount Ida, and the mountains of Sphakia, Lampe, and even, in the dim distance, Lassithe.

From Project Gutenberg

All we had learned about it was that it was made from the root of a plant containing a sweet juice, and that the Greek name of it was glykyr-rhiza, from glykys, sweet, and rhiza, root.

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Words That Use -rhiza

What does -rhiza mean?

The combining form -rhiza is used like a suffix meaning “root.” It is used in a few scientific terms, such as in botany.

The combining form -rhiza comes from the Greek rhíza, meaning “root.”

The form –rhiza is a variant of –rrhiza, which loses an -r– in rare instances.

Want to know more? Read our Words That Use -rrhiza article

Corresponding forms of -rrhiza combined to the beginning of words are rhizo- and rhiz-. Learn more at our Words That Use rhizo- article.

Examples of -rhiza

Coleorhiza is a sheath that protects the roots of certain plants in germination.

The first part of the word, coleo-, ultimately comes from the Greek word koleón, meaning “sheath” or “scabbard.” The second part of the word, -rhiza, means “root.” Coleorhiza literally translates to “root sheath.”

Coleoptera, the taxonomic order comprising beetles, is also related to the word koleón. Wonder why? Find out more at our entry for the word.

What are some other forms that -rhiza may be commonly confused with?

• -rhea
• -rrhea
• –rrhexis
• rheo-
• rhino-

Break it down!

The combining form myco- means “fungus.” With this in mind, what does the word mycorhiza literally translate to?