rhizome
A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its…A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
» Gooseweed is a plant that spreads with rhizomes.
Meaning
2 sensesA horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
Rhizom, Wurzelstock
корневи́щеkornevíšče
кореневищеkorenevyšče
a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities.
ризо́маrizóma
ризо́маryzóma
Examples
3 sentencesGooseweed is a plant that spreads with rhizomes.
That plant has a rhizome.
I find mugwort really difficult to control because of its tendency to resprout vigorously from rhizomes.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίζωμα (rhízōma). As philosophical metaphor, used by Gilles DeBorrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίζωμα (rhízōma). As philosophical metaphor, used by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
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