American English pronunciation
How to pronounce rhizome
IPA transcription: ['ɹaɪ,zoʊm]
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Noun
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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.