About The Word Rhizoid

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Rhizoid

Rhizoid Meaning & Definition
Rhizoid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rhizoid?

[n] any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc

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See Also | fibril | filament | leak fungus | Rhizopus stolonifer | ring rot fungus | strand

Rhizoid In Webster's Dictionary

\Rhi"zoid\, n. [Gr. ??? root + -oid.] (Bot.) A rootlike appendage.

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