Associations to the word «Rhizome»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

RHIZOME, noun. A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats