Rhizoid vs. Rhizome

Rhizoidnoun

(botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

Rhizoidadjective

Resembling the root of a plant.

Rhizoidnoun

A rootlike appendage.

Rhizoidnoun

any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc

Rhizoid

Rhizoids are protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae. They are similar in structure and function to the root hairs of vascular land plants.

Rhizomenoun

(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.

Rhizomenoun

(philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See Rhizome (philosophy).

Rhizomenoun

A rootstock. See Rootstock.

Rhizomenoun

a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (, from Ancient Greek: rhízōma (ῥίζωμα) – , from rhizóō (ῥιζόω) ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks.