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Rhizome vs Rhizoid - What's the difference?

rhizome | rhizoid |

As nouns the difference between rhizome and rhizoid

is that rhizome is a horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes while rhizoid is (botany) a rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

rhizome

English

(wikipedia rhizome)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
  • (philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See .

    • rhizoid

    English

    (wikipedia rhizoid)

    Noun

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

    • References

    * [http://www.yourdictionary.com/rhizoid]