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Stipe vs Rhizome - What's the difference?

stipe | rhizome |

As nouns the difference between stipe and rhizome

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

stipe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
  • The trunk of a tree.
  • The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
  • The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm

    • Related terms

    * stipitate

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    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 .