rhizome

[US]/'raɪzəʊm/
[UK]/'raɪzom/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. underground stem; a horizontal underground stem that can produce new plants.

Example Sentences

Definition: Glabrous Greenbrier Rhizome is the dried rhizome of Smilax glabra Roxb. (Fam.

Definition: Nutgrass Galingale Rhizome is the dried rhizome of Cyperus rotundus L. (Fam.Cyperaceae).

The periderm is the secondary protective tissue of the rhizome, and is composed of pellem, pellogen and phelloderm;

Conclusion Unguentum Rhizome coptidis prepared in the paper could be widely used in clinic.

Rhizome dimorphic: short and thick (nodulose), and long and thin; sepals 5--12.

As for clinic application, tangerine peel, nutgrass galingale rhizome, costusroot and aloeswood are applied for accerating-qi;

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of pulse microwave combined with Chinaroot greenbrier rhizome in the treatment of chronic non-bacterial prostatitis(NBP).

The number and biomass of the tillers and rhizomes were all in a linear isogony growth with increasing survival space of the clones.

Blackberrylily Rhizome can inhibit the Schistosoma japonicum cercaria′s entering the host body in vitro and so can Pokeberry Root and Paniculate Swallowwort Root in vivo.

There are a large number of starch grains in most cells of protocorm and in cells of cortex parenchyma of rhizome, but almost no starch grain is found in pseudobulb.

Rhizome long and thin or shortly nodulose; leaf blade ternate, petiole narrow; involucral bracts petiolate; pistils and achenes with distinct style and small, usually linear stigma.

Objective: To study the therapeutic effect of added Largeleaf Gentian Root and Atractylodes Rhizome Decoction applied to rectitis and anal canal inflammation by different means of administration.

All the seagrasses have horizontal rhizomes, and many species have vertical rhizomes.In some seagrass species, clonal reproduction, via apomict, was also observed.

Result:Four compounds were isolated from the rhizome of A. jianganfeng and elucidated as kaempferol 3 O glucuronide(1), docosanoic acid(2), 3 hydroxy stigmast 5 en 7 one(3) and β sitosterol(4).

Real-world Examples

32. How? Well, they have tough sort of ... uh ...underground stems called rhizomes.

Source: New TPO Listening

Real wasabi is made from the ground rhizomes (aka the stems) of the Brassicaceae mustard plant.

Source: Selected English short passages

33. Rhizomes from one plant grow through the muddy soil and interlock with those of other nearby plants.

Source: New TPO Listening

36. So in addition to the interlocking underground rhizomes, they have yet another adaptation and it's, well, we're back to reverse osmosis again.

Source: New TPO Listening

By the way, when you picked this, you're not killing a plant because it's a network of underground stems called rhizomes that give rise to the leaves.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

Now we know that seagrasses are beautiful swans -- which actually eat seagrass leaves and rhizomes -- and healthy seagrass meadows are harbingers of a healthy ocean.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) January 2022 Collection

Their rhizomes are set in black mould accumulated in hollows of the metamorphic slates beside the pools, where they are well watered without being subjected to flood action.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

He thought this could've been a rhizome – a special type of root that grows sideways, which some modern plants use to reproduce, sort of like the creeping vines that come out of a strawberry plant.

Source: PBS Earth - Animal Fun Facts

Seagrasses grow by extending a rhizome -- that is a subterranean stem that elongates at rates of about one centimeter to about five meters per year, and they branch and extend along the seafloor, forming large clones.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) January 2022 Collection

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