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Rhizoid Moderate

Rhizoid has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc

2

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

Adjective
1

Resembling the root of a plant.

See Also
plant root hair absorption structure fungus rhizine support rootlike
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fibril
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
leak fungus
Rhyming Words
oid boid ooid coid noid poid foid roid loid void doid zoid groid geoid booid avoid axoid aloid ploid pooid
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