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Word entry · 7 letters

rhizome

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"Underground stem"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹaɪzoʊm/Part of speech nounSorted ehimorzStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Horizontal plant stem with shoots and roots.

Word origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίζωμα (rhízōma). As philosophical metaphor, used by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.

Used in a sentence

  • All these species are climbing, briery plants, having long slender roots, which proceed in all directions from a common rootstalk or rhizome.

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