rhizoid
(noun) any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rhizoid (plural rhizoids)
(botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.
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
2 May 2024
(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
