Root-like underground horizontal stem of plants that produces shoots above and roots below. Distinguished from true roots which don't have buds and nodes. Similar to true roots in being underground and thickened by storage deposits.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D027343
altLabel
Rhizomes
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coord with specific Plant
AQL
AE AH CH CL CY DE EM EN GD GE IM ME MI PH PO PS RE TO UL VI
cui
C0949790
DC
1
definition
Root-like underground horizontal stem of plants that produces shoots above and roots below. Distinguished from true roots which don't have buds and nodes. Similar to true roots in being underground and thickened by storage deposits.