Rhizoid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rhizoid \Rhi"zoid\, n. [Gr. ??? root + -oid.] (Bot.)
     A rootlike appendage.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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