RHIZOME

Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes may also be referred to as creeping rootstalks or rootstocks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and are diageotropic or grow perpendicular to the force of gravity. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.

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rhizome

Noun

  1. A horizontal underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
  2. A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See .


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