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rhizoid
[ rahy-zoid ]
noun
- (in mosses, ferns, etc.) one of the rootlike filaments by which the plant is attached to the substratum.
rhizoid
/ ˈ°ù²¹Éª³úɔɪ»å /
noun
- any of various slender hairlike structures that function as roots in the gametophyte generation of mosses, ferns, and related plants
rhizoid
/ °ùī′³ú´Ç¾±»å′ /
- A slender, rootlike filament by which mosses, liverworts, and the gametophytes of ferns attach themselves to the material in which they grow.
- A branching, rootlike extension by which algae and fungi absorb water and nutrients.
Derived Forms
- °ù³ó¾±Ëˆ³ú´Ç¾±»å²¹±ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù³ó¾±Â·³ú´Ç¾±î€ƒd²¹±ô adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rhizoid1
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Example Sentences
There are no roots, but they have anchoring structures called rhizoids, which can reach down a few inches.
In the lab, this moss sent out new shoots from its rootlike "rhizoids," the researchers report.
C. lyra can grow up to 37cm long – impressive for a sponge – and are anchored to the sea-floor by a structure called a rhizoid, which looks like a root system.
It sends some long cells into the soil to serve as root-like objects called “rhizoids†and lives long enough to do its job.
Fungal hyphae occur in the rhizoids and in the cells of the lower region of the thallus of many liverworts, as in the endotrophic mycorhiza of higher plants.
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