rhizo-, rhiz-

(Greek: root)

rhizogenous
rhizoid (s) (noun), rhizoids (pl)
A slender rootlike outgrowth or filament on an alga or a fungus: Rhizoids are found on mosses, liverworts, and the reproductive cells of ferns that absorb nourishment in much the same way as a root.
rhizomatous
rhizome
rhizomeningomyhelitis
rhizomorph
1. A structure in some pathogenic fungi that allows them to move from host to host.
2. A branched strand of fungus that looks like a root.
3. A dense mass of any of the threadlike filaments forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi.
rhizomorphic
A reference to a bundle of root forms that function as a single structure, carrying the fungus across substrates or the nonliving material or base on which an organism lives or grows like a root through soil.
rhizomorphous
Having the form of a root or root-like.
rhizophile (s) (noun), rhizophiles (pl)
An organism that grows on roots: The rhizobium is a rhizophile that nurish itself on the nodules of roots and provide nitrogen for the plants.
rhizophily
rhizophorous
rhizopod
Rhizopoda
rhizopodan
rhizosphere
1. The area of soil that immediately surrounds and is affected by a plant's roots.
2. The soil region subject to the influence of plant roots and their associated microorganisms.