1. a horizontal underground stem that produces roots and shoots at intervals
Usage: botanical

Examples

• Ginger grows from a thick rhizome that can be harvested and used as a spice.
• The bamboo spread rapidly through its extensive rhizome system.
• Iris plants develop from rhizomes planted just below the soil surface.
• The gardener divided the rhizome to create new plants.
• Unlike true roots, rhizomes contain nodes where new shoots emerge.
• Many weeds are difficult to eliminate because their rhizomes survive underground.