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Meaning of RHIZOID

Pronunciation:  'rIzoyd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
 
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 See Also: fibril, filament, leak fungus, Rhizopus stolonifer, ring rot fungus, strand

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rhi"zoid\, n. [Gr. ??? root + -oid.] (Bot.)
A rootlike appendage.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A thread-like, unicellular absorbing structure, occurring in fern gametophytes and in some non-vascular plants.
 

 

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