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rhizoid

rhi·zoid

UK/ˈɹaɪ.zɔɪd/ US/ˈraɪˌzɔɪd/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc

Origin

From rhiz- + -oid.

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