Rhizome Definition

rīzōm
rhizomes
noun
rhizomes
A creeping stem lying, usually horizontally, at or under the surface of the soil and differing from a root in having scale leaves, bearing leaves or aerial shoots near its tips, and producing roots from its undersurface.
Webster's New World

(philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See Rhizome (philosophy).

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Singular:
rhizome
Plural:
rhizomes

Origin of Rhizome

  • Greek rhizōma mass of roots from rhizoun to cause to take root from rhiza root wrād- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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