RHIZOID

rhizoid

(noun) any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rhizoid (plural rhizoids)

(botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

Adjective

rhizoid (comparative more rhizoid, superlative most rhizoid)

Resembling the root of a plant.

Source: Wiktionary


Rhi"zoid, n. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Bot.)

Definition: A rootlike appendage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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