rhizine
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek for "root".
Noun
rhizine (plural rhizines)
- (botany, lichenology) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rhizine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)