How to pronounce rhizome
American English pronunciation
RY-zohm
- IPA
- /ˈɹaɪzoʊm/
- Syllables
- RY · zohm (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What rhizome means
A root-like stem that creeps sideways underground
In a sentence: Ginger spreads by a knobby rhizome that grows sideways under the soil.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from a Greek word built on rhiza, meaning root.
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