rhizome


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Synonyms for rhizome

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

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chinensis seedlings grew under salt or low alkali stresses, the [Na.sup.+] content was higher in root and rhizome than that in stem and leaf.
For belowground morphology, we measured the rhizome diameter at 5 cm distance from the culm.
German irises spread by rhizomes, forming large clumps.
Through GC/MS analysis of the volatile constituents of the rhizome (Figure 1), 18 components were identified, among which fatty acids and their esters predominated with caprylic (1.72%), capric (14.50%), lauric (15.42%), tridecanoic (0.21%), palmitic (1.13%), methyl myristate (0.17%) and myristic (56%) acids.
The rhizome is commonly used as ananti-inflammatory and antinociceptive medicine (Pingsusaen, 2015).
A culm is an erect Bamboo stem with branches, twigs, and foliage, while clump is an aggregate of a few to many culms that is developed from the rhizome. Its culm height attained up to 102 cm, while the RCD thickened around 0.5 mm.
Total phenol concentration of Rheum rhizome extract was determined using the Folin-Ciocalteu method [22].
The damage it causes is distinctive, and it can be detected directly by observation of the galleries in the rhizome of the plant (which debilitates banana plants) (ARLEU; SILVEIRA-NETO, 1984; DASSOU et al., 2015), or indirectly, since its presence leads to fungal infections that can compromise plant development (for example, Panama disease) (PEREIRA et al., 2005).
Don leaves and rhizome had more phytochemical constituents when compared to aqueous extract.