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Any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
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rhizoid
Word definitions for rhizoid in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"root-like," 1858, from Greek rhiza "root," literal and figurative (see rhizome ) + -oid . As a noun from 1875.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rhizoids are simple hair-like protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes , Rhodophytes and pteridophytes . They are similar in structure and function to the root hairs of vascular land plants . Similar structures are formed by ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rhizoid \Rhi"zoid\, n. [Gr. ??? root + -oid.] (Bot.) A rootlike appendage.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) A rootlike structure in fungus and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.
Usage examples of rhizoid.
The branched filamentous rhizoids which spring from the lower region of the stem also correspond to protonemal branches.
The protonema forms a flat, lobed, thalloid structure attached to the soil by rhizoids, and the plants arise from marginal cells.
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.
A filamentous protonema is first developed, some of the branches of which are exposed to the light and contain abundant chlorophyll, while others penetrate the substratum as brown or colourless rhizoids.
The social growth of the plants characteristic of many mosses is a result of the formation of numerous plants on the original protonema and on developments from the rhizoids.
In the Marchantiales the chief supply is obtained from the soil by the rhizoids, and its loss in transpiration is regulated and controlled.
The living mortar grew between the shades, sending painful rhizoids into any of the unfortunates that stopped moving.