Rhizomatic

rhi·zome (r

)

A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Also called rootstalk, rootstock.

[Greek rhizma, mass of roots, from rhizoun, to cause to take root, from rhiza, root; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]

rhi·zoma·tous (-z

-t

s, -z

-) adj.

rhi·zomic adj.

rhizome

Solomon's seal rhizome

rhizome [ˈraɪzəʊm]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a thick horizontal underground stem of plants such as the mint and iris whose buds develop new roots and shoots Also called rootstock rootstalk

[from New Latin rhizoma, from Greek, from rhiza a root]

rhizomatous [raɪˈzɒmətəs -ˈzəʊ-] adj

rhizome (r

)

A plant stem that grows horizontally under or along the ground and often sends out roots and shoots. New plants develop from the shoots. Ginger, iris, and violets have rhizomes. Also called rootstock. Compare bulb corm runner tuber

rhizome

of a Solomon's seal plant

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Noun

rhizome - a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

rootstalk, rootstock

stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Translations

rhizome [ˈraɪzəʊm] N → rizoma m

rhizome [ˈraɪzəʊm] n → rhizome m

rhizome

n → Rhizom nt, → Wurzelstock m

rhizome [ˈraɪzəʊm] n → rizoma m

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Agropyron repens
Aleppo grass
Alpinia
Alpinia galanga
Anemia adiantifolia
arrowroot family
awnless bromegrass
Bromus inermis
common valerian
Coptis
coral root
couch grass
Cryptogramma crispa
dog grass
Dryopteris filix-mas
European parsley fern
evergreen millet
false hellebore
family Iridaceae

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek articulates our "postmodern era" as one where, "although the ideological scene is fragmented into a panoply of positions which struggle for hegemony, there is an underlying consensus: the era of big explanations is over, we need 'weak thought,' opposed to all foundationalism, a thought attentive to the rhizomatic texture of reality.

Making Real by Sawatsky, Rachelle / C: International Contemporary Art

In the process, we are witnessing a rhizomatic leveling of the hierarchy of surveillance, such that groups which were previously exempt from routine surveillance are now increasingly being monitored.

Can we trust our ground control? by Petelin, George / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue

And in many ways, each fragment is a window or a path to a rhizomatic territory of texts: 1) from Pessoa's theories on genius and madness to Antonio Mora's philosophical work, or to Caeiro's poetry; 2) from Charles Sanders Peirce's theories (and triadic typologies) to Nietzschean pragmatic-vitalist philosophy, from Poe's tales of horror and perversity to Nordau and Lombroso's criminal theories and so on.

The disquiet of archaeology: Fernando Pessoa's detective writings by Sampaio, Maria De Lurdes / Portuguese Studies

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