Associations to the word «Rhizoid»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

RHIZOID, noun. Any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc.

Wise words

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