Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a stem of root-like appearance, horizontal or oblique in position, lying on the ground or subterranean, bearing scales instead of leaves, and usually producing from its apex a leafy shoot or scape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A rootstock. See
rootstock .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
horizontal underground stem of someplants that sends outroots andshoots from itsnodes . - noun philosophy A so-called "image of thought" that
apprehends multiplicities . See Rhizome (philosophy).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Since the rhizome is a system concept, I see no problem with the way that I have dealt with this difficulty by looking at the Internet as a system.
Archive 2005-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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Since the rhizome is a system concept, I see no problem with the way that I have dealt with this difficulty by looking at the Internet as a system.
Rhizome@Internet Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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The first two principles of the rhizome are the "principles of connection and heterogenity."
Archive 2005-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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The first two principles of the rhizome are the "principles of connection and heterogenity."
Rhizome@Internet Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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Cattails also “travel” by sending out a horizontal stem called a rhizome not far from the parent plant.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Cattails also “travel” by sending out a horizontal stem called a rhizome not far from the parent plant.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Cattails also “travel” by sending out a horizontal stem called a rhizome not far from the parent plant.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Both leaves and flowers have been used in medicine, but the rhizome is the part most frequently used.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Various
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Each frond grows from a specialized stem called a rhizome which grows sideways at the surface or underground.
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Each frond grows from a specialized stem called a rhizome which grows sideways at the surface or underground.
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