rhizome
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhizome in British English:
UK [ˈraɪzəʊm]
How to pronounce rhizome in American English:
US [ˈraɪzoʊm]
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- Noun:
- a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Word Origin
- rhizome
- rhizome: see liquorice
- rhizome (n.)
- 1832, from Modern Latin rhizoma, from Greek rhizoma "mass of tree roots," from rhizoun "cause to strike root, root into the ground, plant," from rhiza "root," probably from PIE *wrad- "branch, root" (cognates: Latin radix "root," Old Norse rot "root," Old English wyrt "plant, herb;" see radish).
Example
- 1. The nutrient variation in rhizome of aneurolepidium chinense wag studied under different ploughing depths .
- 2. The observation chinese goldthread rhizome disintoxicating soup adds and subtracts celebrates the magnamycin , the armor niter zuo partial treatment to press sore 's effect jointly .
- 3. Rhizome horizontally creeping , terete or moniliform , fleshy .
- 4. Flower bulb is the rhizome or root metamorphosis occurred , or spherical-shaped perennial flowers .
- 5. Trees may correspond to the rhizome , or they may burgeon into a rhizome .