| RHIZOCARPOUS | • rhizocarpous adj. (Botany) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; said of all perennial herbs. • RHIZOCARPOUS adj. of or like a rhizocarp, also RHIZOCARPIC. | 
| RHIZOCTONIAS | • RHIZOCTONIA n. any of a genus of imperfect fungi that includes major plant pathogens. | 
| RHIZOGENETIC | • RHIZOGENETIC adj. producing or growing roots, also RHIZOGENIC, RHIZOGENOUS. | 
| RHIZOPHAGOUS | • rhizophagous adj. Feeding on roots. • RHIZOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on roots. | 
| RHIZOPHILOUS | • RHIZOPHILOUS adj. growing on roots. | 
| RHIZOSPHERES | • rhizospheres n. Plural of rhizosphere. • RHIZOSPHERE n. a region of increased biological activity in the neighborhood of a root. | 
| SCHIZOCARPIC | • schizocarpic adj. (Botany) Of or relating to a schizocarp. • SCHIZOCARPIC adj. of or like a schizocarp, a compound fruit splitting into several one-seeded ones. | 
| SCHIZOGONIES | • schizogonies n. Plural of schizogony. • SCHIZOGONY n. reproduction by division. | 
| SCHIZOGONOUS | • schizogonous adj. Relating to schizogony. • SCHIZOGONOUS adj. reproducing by multiple fission. | 
| SCHIZOMYCETE | • SCHIZOMYCETE n. any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes. | 
| SCHIZOPHRENE | • schizophrene n. (Dated) A schizophrenic individual. • SCHIZOPHRENE n. one affected with schizophrenia. | 
| SCHIZOPHYTES | • schizophytes n. Plural of schizophyte. • SCHIZOPHYTE n. a plant of the Schizophyta, an obsolete grouping of organisms that multiply only by fission, including bacteria and blue-green algae. | 
| SCHIZOPHYTIC | • schizophytic adj. Of or relating to schizophytes. • SCHIZOPHYTIC adj. of or like a schizophyte, an obsolete grouping of organisms that multiply only by fission. | 
| SCHIZOPODOUS | • schizopodous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Schizopoda. • SCHIZOPODOUS adj. of or like a schizopod, also SCHIZOPODAL. | 
| SCHIZOTHYMIA | • schizothymia n. (Psychiatry) A temperament characterised by elements of schizophrenia or schizoid personality disorder… • SCHIZOTHYMIA n. schizoid behavior that resembles schizophrenia in the tendency toward autistic thinking but remains within normal limits. | 
| SCHIZOTHYMIC | • schizothymic adj. Having or relating to schizothymia. • schizothymic n. A person exhibiting schizothymia. • SCHIZOTHYMIC adj. designating a schizoid tendency remaining within the bounds of normality. |