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121Plant Structures — bark: (L): cortex, cortici ; (G): phloeo , phloeus berry: (L): acini , acinus; (G): cocco , coccus; (L): bacca, bacci bramble: (G): bato , batus branch: (G): clado , cladus; (L): ram , rami , ramo , ramus bud: (L): gemm , gemma flower: (G):… …
122-rrhiza — or rhiza aff. var. of rhizo as a final element: mycorrhiza[/ex] • Etymology: < NL < Gk rhíza root I …
123rhizome — rhi•zome [[t]ˈraɪ zoʊm[/t]] n. bot 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,… …
124rhizopod — rhi•zo•pod [[t]ˈraɪ zəˌpɒd[/t]] n. mcr any of numerous protozoans of the subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by locomotion with a pseudopod: comprises most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers •… …
125rhizopod — /ˈraɪzəpɒd/ (say ruyzuhpod) noun any of the Rhizopoda, a class of protozoans having pseudopodia. {New Latin Rhizopoda, plural. See rhizo , pod} –rhizopodan /raɪˈzɒpədən/ (say ruy zopuhduhn), adjective, noun –rhizopodous, adjective …
126rhizome — by Felicity J.Colman Rhizome describes the connections that occur between the most disparate and the most similar of objects, places and people; the strange chains of events that link people: the feeling of six degrees of separation , the… …
127rhizome — by Felicity J.Colman Rhizome describes the connections that occur between the most disparate and the most similar of objects, places and people; the strange chains of events that link people: the feeling of six degrees of separation , the… …
128rhizobium — [rī zō′bē əm] n. pl. rhizobia [rī zō′bēə] [ModL < RHIZO + Gr bios, life: see BIO ] any of a genus (Rhizobium) of rod shaped, nitrogen fixing bacteria found in nodules on the roots of certain leguminous plants, as the bean and clover …
