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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
1R2H3I4Z5O6M7E

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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