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Rhizoid

//ˈɹaɪ.zɔɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling the root of a plant.
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rhiz- + -oid.

Etymology 2

From rhiz- + -oid.

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