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rhizoid
rhi·zoid / ˈrīˌzoid/ • n. Bot. a filamentous outgrowth or root hair on the underside of the thallus in some lower plants, esp. mosses and liverworts, serving both to anchor the plant and (in terrestrial forms) to conduct water. DERIVATIVES: rhi·zoi·dal / rīˈzoidl/ adj. |
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"rhizoid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rhizoid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rhizoid.html "rhizoid." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rhizoid.html |
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rhizoid In mosses and liverworts: a thread-like structure, often serving to anchor the plant (gametophyte) to the substrate; rhizoids can absorb water and minerals. In mosses rhizoids are multi-cellular, in liverworts they are unicellular.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "rhizoid." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "rhizoid." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-rhizoid.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "rhizoid." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-rhizoid.html |
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rhizoid One of a group of delicate and often colourless hairlike outgrowths found in certain algae and the gametophyte generation of bryophytes and ferns. They anchor the plant to the substrate and absorb water and mineral salts.
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"rhizoid." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rhizoid." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-rhizoid.html "rhizoid." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-rhizoid.html |
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rhizoid Fine, hairlike growth used for attachment to a solid surface by some simple organisms, such as certain fungi and mosses. The rhizoid lacks the conducting tissues of a root.
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"rhizoid." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rhizoid." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-rhizoid.html "rhizoid." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-rhizoid.html |
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rhizoid •avoid, Boyd, Coed, droid, Floyd, Freud, Lloyd, overjoyed, self-employed, unalloyed, underemployed, unemployed, void
•geoid • amoeboid (US ameboid)
•globoid • cuboid • gadoid • typhoid
•fungoid • discoid • tabloid • colloid
•celluloid • mongoloid • alkaloid
•coralloid • crystalloid • prismoid
•arachnoid • sphenoid • hominoid
•crinoid, echinoid
•solenoid • humanoid • paranoid
•hypoid • anthropoid • gabbroid
•android • steroid • thyroid • hydroid
•spheroid • meteoroid • Murgatroyd
•Polaroid
•haemorrhoid (US hemorrhoid)
•asteroid • schizoid • factoid • mastoid
•deltoid • planetoid • ovoid • trapezoid
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"rhizoid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rhizoid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rhizoid.html "rhizoid." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rhizoid.html |
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