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rhizine

rhizine noun: a rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.

Noun

rhizine (plural rhizines)

  1. A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid

Forms of rhizine

pluralrhizines

Origin of rhizine

Ancient Greek for "root".

Questions about rhizine

What does rhizine mean?
Rhizine means a rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.
What part of speech is rhizine?
Rhizine is a noun.
What is the plural of rhizine?
The plural of rhizine is rhizines.

Words near rhizine in the dictionary

  1. rhizautoicous
  2. rhizavidin
  3. rhizic
  4. rhizina
  5. rhizinae
  6. rhizine
  7. rhizines
  8. rhizinomorph
  9. rhizinomorphs
  10. rhizo-
  11. rhizobacteria

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