Spelling bee word. Botanical term
rhizome
n.
5ModL rhizoma < Gr rhizbma < rhizousthai, to take root < rhiza, ROOT16 a creeping stem lying, usually horizontally, at or under the surface of the soil and differing from a root in having scale leaves, bearing leaves or aerial shoots near its tips, and producing roots from its undersurface
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adj.