rhizoid
[rahy-zoid]
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- (in mosses, ferns, etc.) one of the rootlike filaments by which the plant is attached to the substratum.
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Rhizoid: Of an irregular, branched, root-like character (Fig. 142, b).
The Elements of Bacteriological TechniqueJohn William Henry Eyre
rhizoid
- any of various slender hairlike structures that function as roots in the gametophyte generation of mosses, ferns, and related plants
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rhizoid
(rī′zoid′)- Rootlike.
- Having irregular branching. Used of a form of bacterial growth.
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- A slender rootlike filament by which mosses, liverworts, and fern gametophytes attach to the substratum and absorb nourishment.
- A rootlike extension of the thallus of a fungus.
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rhizoid
[rī′zoid′]
- A slender, rootlike filament by which mosses, liverworts, and the gametophytes of ferns attach themselves to the material in which they grow.
- A branching, rootlike extension by which algae and fungi absorb water and nutrients.
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