rhizocarpous
adjective
rhi·zo·car·pous
¦rīzō¦kärpəs
variants or rhizocarpic
-pik
1
: having perennial underground parts but annual stems and foliage —used of perennial herbs
2
: producing hypogeal cleistogamous flowers
Word History
Etymology
rhizocarpous from rhiz- + -carpous; rhizocarpic International Scientific Vocabulary rhiz- + -carpic