Rhizoid

[raizɒid]

(noun.) any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc.

Edited by Angelina--From WordNet

(n.) A rootlike appendage.

Inputed by Harvey

adj. root-like.—n. a filamentous organ like a root developed on all kinds of thalli and on moss-stems.—adjs. Rhizoi′dal Rhizoi′dēous.

Typist: Maura