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How to pronounce rhizome

IPA transcription: ['ɹaɪ,zoʊm]

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Noun

  • a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

Usage examples

  • It was a single base leaf and comes out directly at the rhizome.
  • American Lotus spreads via creeping rhizomes and seeds.
  • Vessels have also been found in the rhizome of two species of "Marsilea".
  • It propagates mainly by rhizomes, but also by seed.
  • The strap-shaped leaves grow from pendulous wire-thin pseudobulbs that arise from creeping rhizomes.
  • It primarily reproduces by vegetative means, with the majority of shoots arising from rhizomes.
  • Some species of "Platycerium" are solitary having only one rhizome.
  • It spreads via rhizomes to form clonal colonies.