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rizom

rizom noun: a plume or ear, as of oats or corn.

Noun

rizom (plural rizoms)

  1. (also) A plume or ear, as of oats or corn.
    • Rizoms of Oats, [...]
      Rizomes, the spearsed ears of Oats in the Straw, a Rizome head, a chaffy sparsed head1688, Randle Holme, The academy of armory, book 2, chapter VI
    • … the Corns in the Husk. / Some, in stead of an Ear, have a rizom (or plume) conteining the Corns by bunches, as, Oats, …1659, Johann Amos Comenius, Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, […], XVII, Corn

Forms of rizom

pluralrizoms
alternative formrizome

Origin of rizom

Perhaps related to "rhizome"?

Questions about rizom

What does rizom mean?
Rizom means a plume or ear, as of oats or corn.
What part of speech is rizom?
Rizom is a noun.
What is the plural of rizom?
The plural of rizom is rizoms.

Words near rizom in the dictionary

  1. Rizk
  2. Rizks
  3. rizla
  4. rizlas
  5. Rizo
  6. rizom
  7. rizoms
  8. Rizor
  9. Rizors
  10. rizosphere
  11. rizotto

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