noun Download 🔗Share A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Examples : "The gardener carefully dug up the rhizomes of the irises to divide and replant them in different parts of the garden. " plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See Rhizome (philosophy). Examples : "Instead of a hierarchical outline, the professor encouraged us to organize our ideas about the novel as rhizomes, connecting them in any way that felt meaningful. " philosophy literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading