rhizoplast
/ˈrʌɪzə(ʊ)plast/Microbiology
noun
In certain protists: a striated fibrillar structure extending from the base of a kinetosome, usually towards the nucleus.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. From rhizo- + -plast, after French rhizoplaste.
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