Rhizome synonyms

rī'zōm'

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bulb (related)
The definition of a bulb is an underground bud of a plant, or something resembling its rounded or elongated shape.
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corm (related)
A fleshy, thickened, vertical, underground stem, usually having annual segments with a bud at the tip, thin external scale leaves, and roots at the base, as in the gladiolus: corms differ from bulbs in having much more stem tissue and fewer scale leaves
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runner (related)
(Slang) A quick escape away from a scene.
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tuber (related)
The thickened part of an underground stem of a plant, such as the potato, bearing buds from which new plant shoots arise.
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rootstock
(Zool.) The rootlike, attached portion of a hydroid colony
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stolon (related)
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rootstalk
a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
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taproot (related)
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vegetatively (related)
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hypha (related)
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rhizomorph (related)
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rhizomatous (related)
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mycelium (related)
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Rhizome Sentence Examples

  • A, Fertile shoot, springing B, C, Sporophylls bearing sporangia, from the rhizome, which which in C have opened.

  • Plants growing from a rhizome; fruit a berry.

  • The plants are generally perennial herbs growing from a bulb or rhizome, sometimes shrubby as in butcher's broom (Ruscus) or tree-like as in species of Dracaena, Yucca or Aloe.

  • The plants have a short rhizome and narrow or lanceolate basal leaves; and they are characterized by the ovary being often half-inferior.

  • The plants have a rhizome or corm, and the fruit is a capsule.

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