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Word: Rhizome
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Greek rhizōma, from rhizousthai ‘take root’, based on rhiza ‘root’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈrʌɪzəʊm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals.
Short Definition:continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots
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