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rhizome
horizontal underground stem that may have the general appearance of a root
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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rhizome In ferns, a horizontal stem with upright leaves containing vascular tissue.
rhodopsin A visual pigment contained in the rods of the retina in the eye..
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rhizome
[Gk. rhizoma, mass of roots]
In vascular plants, a horizontal stem growing along or below the surface of the soil; may be enlarged for storage or may function in vegetative reproduction.
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rhizome -- n. A horizontal underground stem, such as found in many ferns, where only the leaves may stick up into the air; sphenophytes (horsetails and their relatives) spread via rhizomes, but also produce erect stems.
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rhizome A fleshy, horizontal underground stem.
Rhodophyta The division of protists commonly called the red algae.
rhodopsin Light-sensitive substance that occurs in the rods of the retina; visual purple.
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rhizome. A horizontal, underground shoot, especially one that forms roots at the nodes to produce new plants.
rogue. To remove diseased plants from a field.
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rhizome
A horizontal underground stem, with leaves and buds, that serves as a storage organ and a means of vegetative propagation.
Rhizopoda
subclass which includes the amebiod protozoans that feed by means of pseudopodia and lack cilia or flagella.
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Stems: Most often an underground creeping rhizome, but sometimes an above-ground creeping stolon (e.g., Polypodiaceae), or an above-ground erect semi-woody trunk (e.g., Cyatheaceae) reaching up to 20 m in a few species (e.g.
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They are usually found in damp, shady locations. Their stems — called rhizomes — as well as their roots grow underground and are perennial. Their leaves, called fronds, grow up from the rhizome each spring [View].
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