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A usually elongate and
branched modified plant stem which grows horizontally, below or on
the surface of the soil, often appears enlarged by food storage.
Roots, buds and leaves then emerges at different point from the
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| Rhizomes
are creeping thickened stem (not a
root) differ from other
storage
structures (like: tuber,
bulbs, etc.)
by growing horizontally partially or entirely under the surface of the
ground, consisting of a series of
nodes with roots. The
primary growing
point is at one end of the rhizome; additional
growing points form along
its sides from the nodes. |
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