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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.
2. 2
   any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Resembling the root of a plant.

Synonyms

All synonyms

botanicbotanicalbulbouscerealfarinaceousfruitlike

Etymology

From rhiz- + -oid.

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