rhizine
/ˈrʌɪziːn/(also rhizina) Botany
noun
A root-like structure consisting of a hypha or a group of hyphae, located on the underside of the thallus of a foliose lichen and serving to anchor it to the substrate.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Lindley (1799–1865), botanist and horticulturist. From scientific Latin rhizina from ancient Greek ῥίζα root + classical Latin -ina.
- the biter bitten (or bit)
- the Blessed Sacrament
- the Blitz
- the bloom is off the rose
- the Boat Race
- the body beautiful
- the Book of Psalms
- the Books of the Maccabees
- the boot (or shoe) is on the other foot
- the Border
- the Borders
- the bottom falls (or drops) out
- the Bourse
- the boy (or girl) next door
- the brass ring
- the bread of life
- the breath of life
- the buck stops here (or with someone)
- the Burse
- theca
- theca folliculi
- the Cairngorms
- the call of nature
- the calm before the storm
- the Canaries