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rhizome
[ rahy-zohm ]
noun
- a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
rhizome
/ ˈraɪzəʊm; -ˈzəʊ-; raɪˈzɒmətəs /
noun
- a thick horizontal underground stem of plants such as the mint and iris whose buds develop new roots and shoots Also calledrootstockrootstalk
rhizome
/ ī′ō′ /
- A plant stem that grows horizontally under or along the ground and often sends out roots and shoots. New plants develop from the shoots. Ginger, iris, and violets have rhizomes.
- Also called rootstock
- Compare bulb
Derived Forms
- rhizomatous, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·dz··ٴdzܲ [rahy-, zom, -, uh, -t, uh, s, -, zoh, -m, uh, -], adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rhizome1
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Example Sentences
In fall, she cuts the leaves down to about 6 inches above the rhizome.
Fireweed, a common native perennial with roots and rhizomes that go both deep and wide, has the capacity to produce up to 80,000 seeds in a season.
“My dream as a teacher,” Haas said, “is when something keeps growing underground, like a rhizome, and then at a different place grows into a different plant.”
That timing is important because harvesting ginger means uprooting the whole plant to get to the rhizomes growing underground.
Once, milkweed “would get shredded and pulverized by cultivation equipment, but it would spring back from the live rhizomes underground,” he continued.
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