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31rhizome — noun A horizontal underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes …
32rhizome — The creeping underground stem of plants such as iris, calamus, and sanguinaria. [G. rhizoma, mass of roots, fr. rhiza, root, + oma, mass] * * * rhi·zome rī .zōm n a usu. horizontal subterranean plant stem that is distinguished from a true root in …
33rhizome — rhi|zome [ˈraızəum US zoum] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Modern Latin; Origin: rhizoma, from Greek, mass of roots , from rhiza root ] technical the thick stem of some plants, which lies under the ground and has roots and leaves growing out of it …
34rhizome — rhi|zome [ raı,zoum ] noun count TECHNICAL a thick plant stem that grows along the ground and produces roots and new plant growth …
35rhizome — see LIQUORICE …
36rhizome — Horizontal, underground stem …
37rhizome — [[t]ra͟ɪzoʊm[/t]] rhizomes N COUNT Rhizomes are the horizontal stems from which some plants, such as irises, grow. Rhizomes are found on or just under the surface of the earth …
38rhizome — raɪzəʊm n. root like stem which grows horizontally under the surface of the soil and produces new sprouts (Botany) …
39rhizome — [ rʌɪzəʊm] noun Botany a continuously growing horizontal underground stem with lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals. Origin C19: from Gk rhizōma, from rhizousthai take root , based on rhiza root …
40rhizome — noun (C) technical the thick stem of some plants such as the iris, which lies flat along the ground with roots and leaves growing from it …
