Rhizoid Definition

rīzoid
noun
Any of the rootlike filaments in a moss, fern, etc. that attach the plant to the substratum.
Webster's New World

(botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

Wiktionary
adjective
Rootlike.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rhizoid

Noun

Singular:
rhizoid
Plural:
rhizoids

Rhizoid Sentence Examples

  • It corresponds in function with the rhizoid of i Bryophyte.

  • The basal cell has less chlorophyll than the others, and is expanded and fixed firmly to the rock on which the plant grows by the basal surface, rh, thus forming a rudimentary rhizoid.

  • In C, lying horizontally, an additional cell has been cut off between rhizoid and spore.

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Words Starting With

RRHRHI

Words Ending With

DIDOID

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Words Starting With R and Ending With D

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