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rhizome (rī`zōm) or rootstock, fleshy, creeping underground stem by means of which certain plants propagate themselves. Buds that form at the joints produce new shoots. Thus if a rhizome is cut by a cultivating tool it does not die, as would a root, but becomes several plants instead of one, which explains why such weeds as Canada thistle and crabgrass are so hard to eradicate. Ginger, the common iris, trillium, and Solomon's-seal all have rhizomes. True arrowroot is starch from the rhizome of a West Indian plant. See perennial perennial, any plant that under natural conditions lives for several to many growing seasons, as contrasted to an annual or a biennial. Botanically, the term perennial ..... Click the link for more information. . rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem capable of producing the upward shoot and downward root systems of a new plant. This capability allows vegetative (asexual) propagation and enables plants to survive an annual unfavourable season underground. In some plants (e.g., water lilies, many ferns, and forest herbs), the rhizome is the only stem of the plant. In such cases, only the leaves and flowers are readily visible. rhizome a thick horizontal underground stem of plants such as the mint and iris whose buds develop new roots and shoots rhizome [′rī‚zōm] (botany) An underground horizontal stem, often thickened and tuber-shaped, and possessing buds, nodes, and scalelike leaves. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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How, for example, can a dialogue that does not discriminate between our areas of specialization generate a new model that communicates to the general public a postenlightenment view of knowledge, a model that is rhizomic and nonhierarchical? The continuing radical changes in children's literature will follow a rhizomic pattern, a nonlinear, nonhierarchical alteration, just as many of these changes exhibited now have sprung up not as further developing linear trends but as outgrowths of an organic whole. |
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