| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rhi·zome |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r  z m |
| NOUN: | A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Also called rootstalk, rootstock. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek rhizma, mass of roots, from rhizoun, to cause to take root, from rhiza, root. See wr d- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | rhi·zoma·tous (-z m -ts, -zm-) —ADJECTIVE
rhi·zomic —ADJECTIVE
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