"rhizome" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹaɪzoʊm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rhizome.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rhizomes [plural]
Etymology: From rhiz- + -ome. As philosophical metaphor, used by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Etymology templates: {{af|en|rhizo-<alt:rhiz->|-ome}} rhiz- + -ome Head templates: {{en-noun}} rhizome (plural rhizomes)
  1. (botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes. Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms: race, rootstalk Translations (horizontal underground stem of some plants): kökümsov (Azerbaijani), коренище (korenište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), rizoma [masculine] (Catalan), 根莖 (Chinese Mandarin), 根茎 (gēnjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), oddenek [masculine] (Czech), wortelstok [masculine] (Dutch), rizoom [neuter] (Dutch), rizomo (Esperanto), maavarsi (Finnish), vaakajuurakko (Finnish), rhizome [masculine] (French), ფესურა (pesura) (Georgian), Rhizom [neuter] (German), Wurzelstock [masculine] (German), ρίζωμα (rízoma) [neuter] (Greek), ʻauaʻa (Hawaiian), rizóma (Hungarian), rizomo (Ido), rimpang (Indonesian), rizoma [masculine] (Italian), 根茎 (konkei) (alt: こんけい) (Japanese), មើម (məəm) (Khmer), 땅속줄기 (ttangsokjulgi) (Korean), rizom (Malay), akakōare (Maori), akakōareare (Maori), jordstengel [masculine] (Norwegian), rhizom [neuter] (Norwegian), rotstokk [masculine] (Norwegian), ریزوم (rizom) (Persian), kłącze [neuter] (Polish), rizoma [masculine] (Portuguese), корневи́ще (kornevíšče) [neuter] (Russian), rizoma [masculine] (Spanish), jordstam [common-gender] (Swedish), rhizom [common-gender] (Swedish), rotstock [common-gender] (Swedish), ayuyang (Tagalog), རམ་རྩ་ (ram rtsa) (Tibetan), རྩི་ཤིང་གི་ལྦ་རྩ་ (rtsi shing gi lba rtsa) (Tibetan), кореневище (korenevyšče) [neuter] (Ukrainian), gwreiddgoesyn [masculine] (Welsh), rhisom [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-rhizome-en-noun-E0XaTjp0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with rhizo-, English terms suffixed with -ome Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with rhizo-: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ome: 74 26 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'horizontal underground stem of some plants': 98 2
  2. (philosophy, critical theory) A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities. Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (image of thought): 根莖 (Chinese Mandarin), 根茎 (gēnjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), rihmasto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-rhizome-en-noun-M4XJz7g4 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'image of thought': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rhizoma Derived forms: rhizomatic, rhizomatous Related terms: licorice

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-rhizome.wav Forms: rhizomes [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} rhizome m (plural rhizomes)
  1. (botany) rhizome Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-rhizome-fr-noun-qOS07C3x Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "kökümsov"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "коренище"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rizoma"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "根莖"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēnjīng",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "根茎"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oddenek"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rizoom"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "rizomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "maavarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "vaakajuurakko"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhizome"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pesura",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "ფესურა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rhizom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "ʻauaʻa"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "rizóma"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "rizomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "rimpang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rizoma"
    },
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      "alt": "こんけい",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "根茎"
    },
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "məəm",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "មើម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ttangsokjulgi",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "땅속줄기"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "rizom"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "akakōare"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "akakōareare"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "rotstokk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rizom",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "ریزوم"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kłącze"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rizoma"
    },
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "корневи́ще"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rizoma"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jordstam"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rotstock"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "ayuyang"
    },
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ram rtsa",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "རམ་རྩ་"
    },
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rtsi shing gi lba rtsa",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "word": "རྩི་ཤིང་གི་ལྦ་རྩ་"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кореневище"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwreiddgoesyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "horizontal underground stem of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhisom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "image of thought",
      "word": "根莖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēnjīng",
      "sense": "image of thought",
      "word": "根茎"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "image of thought",
      "word": "rihmasto"
    }
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    "Félix Guattari",
    "Gilles Deleuze"
  ],
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}

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