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Rhizome

Rhizome Meaning & Definition
Rhizome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rhizome?

[n] a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rhizome: rootstalk | rootstock

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See Also | stalk | stem

Rhizome In Webster's Dictionary

\Rhi*zome"\, 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.] (Bot.) A rootstock. See {Rootstock}.

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