arrhizous

== English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ rhiz- +‎ -ous. === Adjective === arrhizous (comparative more arrhizous, superlative most arrhizous) (botany) Having no root: applied to parasitical plants which have no root, but adhere to other plants by any part of their surface, and derive their nourishment from them; also to mosses and Hepaticœ which are destitute of rhizoids. ==== Synonyms ==== arrhizal