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rhizome

Noun

rhi=zome

WORDNET DICTIONARY

rhizome(n = noun.plant) rootstalk, rootstock - a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure; Array

is a kind of stalk, stem

Derived form adjective rhizomatous₁

rhizome, n. [Gr. the mass of roots (of a tree), a stem, race, fr. to make to root, pass., to take root, fr. a root: cf. F. rhizome.].

A rootstock. See Rootstock. [1913 Webster]

rhizome, n. an underground rootlike stem bearing both roots and shoots.

Etymology

Gk rhizoma f. rhizoo take root (as RHIZO-)

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