Rhizoid

What do we mean by rhizoid?

A slender rootlike filament that grows from an alga, a fungus, or the gametophyte of a moss, liverwort, or fern, used for attachment and nourishment. noun

In botany and zoology, root-like; resembling a root.

In botany, a filamentous organ resembling a root, but of simple structure, found on compound thalli of all kinds, and on the stems of the Muscineæ. noun

Rhizoids are numerously produced, and their function is the attachment of the plant to the substratum. The older term was rhizina. See cut under prothallium. noun

A rootlike appendage. noun

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

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

A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

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Words that are spelled similarly to rhizoid:
rhizoid.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rhizoid:
cell, structure.

Words that rhyme with rhizoid:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe rhizoid:
first, primary, single, short, filamentous, basal, long, nucleate, young, nucleated, colourless, containing, colorless, main, presumptive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective rhizoid:
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Consonant match to rhizoid:
reside, resid, res id, rose had, rows add, rows had.

Words that sound like rhizoid:
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