| Pronunciation: | | 'rIzoyd
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[n] any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc |
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RHIZOID is a 7 letter word that starts with R. |
| | See Also: | | fibril, filament, leak fungus, Rhizopus stolonifer, ring rot fungus, strand |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Rhi"zoid\, n. [Gr. ??? root + -oid.] (Bot.)
A rootlike appendage.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A thread-like, unicellular absorbing structure, occurring in fern gametophytes and in some non-vascular plants. |
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