Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, same as
rhizoid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
rootlike filament orhair growing from thestems ofmosses or onlichens ; arhizoid .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek for "root".
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