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A rootlike appendage.
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Root-like filaments by which a macroalga attaches to substrate; collectively may form a holdfast
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a thread-like, unicellular absorbing structure occurring in the vascular plants, in gametophytes of ferns and some related plants.
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root-like, branched hyphae
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Gk. rhiza, root] Rootlike anchoring structure in fungi and nonvascular plants.
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Rootlike structure that helps anchor mosses, liverworts, and fern prothalli to the ground or other surface. Some are able to absorb moisture and dissolved minerals. [GT
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any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
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a hairlike filament used to secure the plant to its substrate and it absorbs water and nutrients, operating like roots but of considerably simpler construction
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hair-like filamentous anchorage/absorbing organ
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Rootlike extensions usually used to attach a thallus to the substrate
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Zooid, usually weakly calcified, modified as a rootlet, for stabilising a colony to the substrate, or for reinforcing a branch, or for connecting across bracnhes of a colony.
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A hair-like structure that functions as a root in lower organisms, such as certain fungi and mosses. Rhizoids are important in penetrating a substance, giving anchorage and absorbing nutrients.
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A unicellular or multicellular absorptive and anchoring filament, lacking vascular tissue, found in the gametophytes of mosses, liverworts, and ferns, for example.
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Intercellular thallus branch that absorbs food and provides anchorage.
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A simple, root-like structure.
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A fine filamentous structure which grows into the substrate and anchors the cell or surface mycelium
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Root-like structure of mosses and ferns used to attach to a substrate.
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n. A cellular outgrowth of a plant that usually aids in anchoring to the surface and increasing surface area to acquire water or nutrients; found in mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
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A root-like structure forming part of the thallus in certain algae and fungi; it may anchor the organism to the substratum and/or act as an absorptive organ. ( 16)
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A short, thin branch of thallus, superficially resembling a root.
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Pertaining to a root-like group of hyphae.
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Rhizoids are a structure in plants and fungi that functions like a root in support or absorption.
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