Rootstalk

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of rhizome.

    "All these species are climbing, briery plants, having long slender roots, which proceed in all directions from a common rootstalk or rhizome."

  2. 2
    a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure wordnet

Etymology

From root + stalk.

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