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Definition of 'rhizome'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rhizome
a rootlike underground stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usu. produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.

Etymology: (1835–45; < NL rhizoma < Gk rhízōma root, stem =

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk
a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rhizome
a rootstock. See Rootstock

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. rhizome
Root-like underground horizontal stem of plants that produces shoots above and roots below. Distinguished from true roots which don't have buds and nodes. Similar to true roots in being underground and thickened by storage deposits.

'rhizome' - Nearby Entries
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