rhizome
a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
Origin of rhizome
1Other words from rhizome
- rhi·zom·a·tous [rahy-zom-uh-tuhs, -zoh-muh-], /raɪˈzɒm ə təs, -ˈzoʊ mə-/, adjective
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How to use rhizome in a sentence
From the tincture of the root (rhizomes) of may-apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
The majority of Cannas, however, are grown from pieces of the roots (rhizomes), each piece having a bud.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnWhen you are here I shall be very curious to know whether they are roots or rhizomes.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinBesides the bladders there are great tuber-like swellings on the rhizomes; one was an inch in length and half in breadth.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinThey are the chief constituents of the fleshy parenchyma of fruits, tubers, rhizomes.
British Dictionary definitions for rhizome
/ (ˈraɪzəʊm) /
a thick horizontal underground stem of plants such as the mint and iris whose buds develop new roots and shoots: Also called: rootstock, rootstalk
Origin of rhizome
1Derived forms of rhizome
- rhizomatous (raɪˈzɒmətəs, -ˈzəʊ-), adjective
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Scientific definitions for rhizome
[ rī′zōm′ ]
A plant stem that grows horizontally under or along the ground and often sends out roots and shoots. New plants develop from the shoots. Ginger, iris, and violets have rhizomes. Also called rootstock Compare bulb corm runner tuber.
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