Rizhome: meaning, definitions and examples
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rizhome
[ หraษชzoสm ]
botanical term
A rhizome is a horizontally growing underground stem that serves as a storage organ and can generate new shoots and roots. It is primarily responsible for vegetative reproduction in certain plants.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- Ginger grows from a thick rhizome buried in the soil.
- The bamboo plant develops new shoots from its extensive rhizome system.
- In many cases, the rhizome allows a plant to survive adverse conditions.
- The rhizome of turmeric is used in cooking and traditional medicine.
Translations
Translations of the word "rizhome" in other languages:
๐ต๐น rizoma
๐ฎ๐ณ เคฐเคฟเคเคผเฅเคฎ
๐ฉ๐ช Rhizom
๐ฎ๐ฉ rizom
๐บ๐ฆ ัะธะทะพะผะฐ
๐ต๐ฑ ryzom
๐ฏ๐ต ใชใพใผใ
๐ซ๐ท rhizome
๐ช๐ธ rizoma
๐น๐ท rizom
๐ฐ๐ท ๋ฆฌ์ข
๐ธ๐ฆ ุฑูุฒูู
๐จ๐ฟ rizom
๐ธ๐ฐ rizรณm
๐จ๐ณ ๆ น่
๐ธ๐ฎ rizom
๐ฎ๐ธ rhizom
๐ฐ๐ฟ ัะธะทะพะผะฐ
๐ฌ๐ช แ แแแแแ
๐ฆ๐ฟ rizom
๐ฒ๐ฝ rizoma
Etymology
The term 'rhizome' originates from the Greek word 'rhizลma', meaning 'root', which itself is derived from 'rhizล', meaning 'to root or cause to root'. The concept of rhizomes gained significant attention in the 20th century, particularly in fields such as botany, philosophy, and cultural studies. French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Fรฉlix Guattari popularized the idea in their work 'A Thousand Plateaus' (1980), using the rhizome as a metaphor for non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and organization, contrasting it with the more traditional tree structure of knowledge. This expanded the understanding of rhizomes beyond botany into various disciplines, emphasizing their role in interconnectedness and multiplicity.