||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.

&fist; 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.