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rhizome

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Noun
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rhi=zome

CIDE DICTIONARY

rhizomen. [Gr. the mass of roots (of a tree), a stem, race, fr. to make to root, pass., to take root, fr. a root: cf. F. rhizome.].
     A rootstock. See Rootstock.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rhizome, n. an underground rootlike stem bearing both roots and shoots.

Etymology
Gk rhizoma f. rhizoo take root (as RHIZO-)

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