rhizomicadj.

1898 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 70 257 Name an anthelmintic flower drug, fruit drug and rhizomic drug.

1907 R. J. H. Gibson tr. L. Jost Lect. Plant Physiol. iv. ii. 363 Many of these rhizomic plants have lost their power of forming seed, and their continued existence depends entirely on the growth of the rhizome.

1934 Jrnl. Ecol. 22 496 How far exacting rhizomic species have their limits determined by chemical insufficiency of the soil..or by its physical unsuitability is not known.

1969 Jrnl. Range Managem. 22 402/2 Roots from the rhizomic nodes extend nearly vertically into the subsoil.

2000 Biol. Conservation 96 119/2 Long-term invasion is likely to promote just a small group of shade tolerant species (mostly rhizomic grasses and sedges such as Carex longebrachiata and Microlaena stipoides).