rhizome
English
/ˈɹaɪzoʊm/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
- (philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See .
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ῥίζα (root, foundation, base, cliff, rhizo-).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ῥίζα
Gloss
root, foundation, base, cliff, rhizo-
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
根
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hydrorhiza English
- licorice English
- licoricey English
- microrhizome English
- rhizanth English
- rhizology English
- rhizomed English
- rhizomic English
- remedium Latin
- rizo- Italian
- ῥίζα Ancient Greek
- ῥίζινος Ancient Greek
- ῥιζικόν Ancient Greek
- ῥιζικός Ancient Greek
- Ῥιζοῦς Ancient Greek
- *wréh₂ds Proto-Indo-European
- lycorys Middle English
- رَأْس Arabic
- rezema Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- reiza Old High German
- aradzim Aromanian
- ριζικό, ῥιζικό gkm
- уырыдзы Ossetian, Ossetic
- σχίντα Tsakonian