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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rhizome /ˈrʌɪzəʊm/

▶noun Botany a continuously growing horizontal underground stem with lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals.

– origin C19: from Gk rhizōma, from rhizousthai ‘take root’, based on rhiza ‘root’.

'rhizome' also found in these Oxford entries:

galangal - galingale - gelsemium - ginger - ipecacuanha - -ome - rootstock - scale leaf - spikenard - stock - toothwort - tuber - turmeric - zedoary

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