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an under-ground plant stem that produces shoots above and roots below and has buds and leaves. Schist: a rock made of crystals and formed under intense heat or pressure.
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Lateral extensions of plant stems beneath the soil.
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A root-like stem which is prostrate, grows partly or wholly underground, and can root from the stem nodes. Sometimes called "Rootstock".
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Roots that travel underground laterally and send up new plants. An example is the perennial sweet woodruff ( Galium odorata), which travels laterally an inch or so underground, then breaks the surface to grow a new stem.
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underground stem with reduced leaves and internodes
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stems growing underground producing new shoots
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The underground stems of a plant or root stems; has roots and shoots at the nodes.
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A horizontal underground stem which bears buds in the axils of scale leaves, from which new growth arises.
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underground stems that are capable of reproducing new plants.
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RI-zomes Fleshy, underground stems that run horizontally. 497
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Underground runners of some types of plants that extend laterally to create new plants.
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A creeping underground stem; these growths tend to be very hardy.
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Horizontal underground stems, from which root ...
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are underground stems that produce roots and send up shoots.
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Underground growing stems from which daughter plants can evolve. Rhizomatous species include lotus, twitch & phalaris
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underground stems growing just below surface, usually associated with fast spreading plants
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A form of reproduction where a plant grows an underground offshoot from its roots or stem that surfaces and grows into a new plant at a different location.
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underground, creeping stems; capable of forming new plants.
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Root-like stems with nodes which grow under or along the ground. Certain perfume raw materials come from rhizome, e.g., Orris absolute and ginger oil.
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