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   rhizome

   /ˈrʌɪzəʊm/

   noun

   • 1. a continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from Greek rhizōma, from rhizousthai ‘take root’, based on rhiza ‘root’.

   Scrabble Points: 21

   • R

     1

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • Z

     10

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

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