Definition of Rhizomatous

1. Adjective. Producing or possessing or resembling rhizomes.

Partainyms: Rhizome
Derivative terms: Rhizome

Definition of Rhizomatous

1. a. Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.

Definition of Rhizomatous

1. Adjective. (botany) Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhizomatous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Rhizomatous

1. Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhizomatous

rhizodermis
rhizodont
rhizodonts
rhizogan
rhizogen
rhizogens
rhizoid
rhizoidal
rhizoids
rhizolite
rhizoma
rhizomania
rhizomata
rhizomatic
rhizomatics
rhizomatous (current term)
rhizomatous begonia
rhizomatously
rhizome
rhizome chaff
rhizome cutting
rhizomelia
rhizomelic
rhizomeningomyelitis
rhizomes
rhizomic
rhizomorph
rhizopathy
rhizophaga
rhizophagous

Literary usage of Rhizomatous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on lilies and their culture by Alexander Wallace (1879)
"... its elongated or sub-rhizomatous character of bulb growth when cultivated in our gardens, the bulbs assuming a more regular or typical ovoid habit. ..."

2. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The rhizomatous Irises are classified according to the presence or absence of ... as in Iris): stamens free, or connate at the base : rhizomatous plants. ..."

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