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rhizoid

/ˈɹaɪ.zɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rhi-zoid
IPA
/ˈɹaɪ.zɔɪd/
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

adj

Resembling the root of a plant.

Etymology

From rhiz- + -oid.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

rhizoids (plural) more rhizoid (comparative) most rhizoid (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce rhizoid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪ.zɔɪd/.
What does rhizoid mean?
A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.
Where does rhizoid come from?
From rhiz- + -oid.

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