rhizoid
11rhizoid — noun A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients …
12rhizoid — 1. Rootlike. 2. Irregularly branching, like a root; denoting a form of bacterial growth. 3. In fungi, the rootlike hyphae that arise at the nodes of the hyphae of Rhizopus species. [rhizo + G. eidos, resemblance] * * * rhi·zoid rī .zȯid …
13Rhizoid — Rhi|zo|id 〈n. 11〉 wurzelartiges Gebilde (z. B. bei Algenpilzen) [zu grch. rhiza „Wurzel“] * * * Rhi|zo|id, das; [e]s, e (Bot.): wurzelähnliches, fadenartiges Haftorgan bei Algen u. Moosen …
14Rhizoid — Rhi|zo|id 〈n.; Gen.: (e)s, Pl.: e; Biol.〉 wurzelartiges Gebilde (z. B. bei Algenpilzen) [Etym.: zu grch. rhiza »Wurzel«] …
15rhizoid — rhi|zo|id <zu ↑...oid> wurzelartig (Biol.) …
16Rhizoid — Rhi|zo|id das; [e]s, e: wurzelähnliches Gebilde bei Algen u. Moosen (Biol.) …
17rhizoid — adj. resembling a root, rootlike …
18rhizoid — [ rʌɪzɔɪd] noun Botany a filamentous root like outgrowth on the underside of the thallus in mosses and other lower plants. Derivatives rhizoidal adjective …
19rhizoid — rhi·zoid …
20rhizoid — rhi•zoid [[t]ˈraɪ zɔɪd[/t]] adj. 1) bot rootlike 2) bot (in mosses, ferns, etc.) one of the rootlike filaments by which the plant is attached to the substratum • Etymology: 1855–60; < Gk rhíz(a) root + oid rhi•zoi′dal, adj …
