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Rhizome vs Roots - What's the difference?

rhizome | roots |

As nouns the difference between rhizome and roots

is that rhizome is a horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes while roots is .

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 .

    • roots

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • English plurals
    • The roots of a tree provide it with water.
  • Ancestors
    • I have both Irish and German roots .
  • Beginnings
    • Jazz has its roots in blues.

    See also

    * root * rootsy

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