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Definition of Rhizomes
1. rhizome [n] - See also: rhizome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhizomes
Literary usage of Rhizomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1863)
"These rootlet« in commercial specimens are usually twisted round the rhizomes or
lie in close contact with them. They are about as thick as a common bristle ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The rhizomes of achi- menes should be removed from their winter quarters and
spread out thinly in boxes, using a size some 3 inches deep, and a light open ..."
3. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"The bundle is of the open collateral type in all rhizomes and roots ... These facts
will be impressed on the mind while studying the rhizomes and the roots. ..."
4. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"ROOTS AND rhizomes. Roots and rhizomes represent those parts of plants which develop
... Most drugs derived from roots and rhizomes possess the typical ..."
5. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1885)
"rhizomes are stems remaining wholly or partly under ground, and are mainly ...
rhizomes grow mostly in a horizontal or oblique direction, and bear on the ..."
6. Plant Life and Plant Uses: An Elementary Textbook, a Foundation for the by John Gaylord Coulter (1913)
"rhizomes sometimes form the entire stem system of the plant. ... It is more
common, however, for rhizomes to give rise to true stem branches. ..."
7. Plant Life and Plant Uses: An Elementary Textbook, a Foundation for the by John Gaylord Coulter (1913)
"rhizomes sometimes form the entire stem system of the plant. ... It is more
common, however, for rhizomes to give rise to true stem branches. ..."
8. Plant Life and Plant Uses: An Elementary Textbook, a Foundation for the by John Gaylord Coulter (1913)
"rhizomes sometimes form the entire stem system of the plant. ... It is more
common, however, for rhizomes to give rise to true stem branches. ..."
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