rhizome

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a stem that usually grows horizontally underground and produces roots and new shoots from its nodes

   The ginger rhizome is an underground stem with nodes from which new shoots can grow.

Simplified etymology

Rhizome, recorded from the mid-19th century, derives from Greek rhiza, meaning “root.” The same element forms the second part of the Greek compound behind liquorice.

Borrowed from Greek rhizoma, referring to a mass of roots or a rooted stem.

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