Definition of Rhizoid. Meaning of Rhizoid. Synonyms of Rhizoid

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Definition of Rhizoid

Rhizoid
Rhizoid Rhi"zoid, n. [Gr. ??? root + -oid.] (Bot.) A rootlike appendage.

Meaning of Rhizoid from wikipedia

- Rhizoids are protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae. They are similar in structure and function to the root hairs...
- lateral and irregular. Seaweeds are attached to the substratum by short rhizoid system to basal rhizoidal cells. The life history of the genus Valonia...
- centimetres (1.6 to 3.9 in) tall and has three anatomical parts: a bottom rhizoid that resembles a set of short roots; a long stalk in the middle; and a...
- Flavobacterium. The name derives from the way in which the organism grows in rhizoid columnar formations. The species was first described by Davis (1922), and...
- [citation needed] Further, the fossil gets narrower as it attaches to a rhizoid, a place where one would expect there to be the highest concentration of...
- to the soft seafloor using a rhizoid, a root-like structure that embeds into the sea floor. From the top of the rhizoid, 1 to 6 horizontal, equidistant...
- word “funis”, meaning "a rope". In funaria root like structures called rhizoids are present. Capsules are abundant with the moss surviving as spore when...
- the pigment anthocyanin. Rhizoids are nearly lacking in aquatic forms, but there are usually numerous unicellular rhizoids of two types on the ventral...
- the bottom, reached by the male gametophyte by swimming down the neck. Rhizoids: root-like structures (not true roots) that consist of single greatly elongated...
- 2 – Central cavity 3 – Internal wall 4 – Pore (all the walls and septa have pores, not all are represented) 5 – Septum 6 – External wall 7 – Rhizoid...