🔤 Rhizome ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
underground tana، bekh-e-saaq، jadd numa tana، rhizome
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ENGLISH
📚noun
rhizome
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈraɪ.zoʊm/
Phonetic: /ry zohm/
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DEFINITION
a continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Ginger root is actually a thick underground plant stem called a rhizome.
Plants like irises and bamboo spread quickly through a strong rhizome system.
If you cut a healthy rhizome piece, it can grow into an entirely new plant.
The gardener carefully divided the fern rhizome to plant in new pots.
Rhizome roots help store essential nutrients for plant survival over winter.
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SYNONYMS
rootstock rootstalk underground stem root runner
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