1. Any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc

Derived forms: rhizoids

See also: rhizoidal

Type of: fibril, filament, strand

Encyclopedia: Rhizoid

• rhyolite
• rhythm
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• rhythm section
• rhythmic
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• rhytidectomy
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• RI
• ria
• rial
• rialto
• riant
• riata
• rib
• rib cage
• rib joint pliers
• rib roast
• rib-tickling