- rhizome
[rhizome 词源字典]
- rhizome: see liquorice
[rhizome etymology, rhizome origin, 英语词源] - rhizome (n.)
- 1832, from Modern Latin rhizoma, from Greek rhizoma "mass of tree roots," from rhizoun "cause to strike root, root into the ground, plant," from rhiza "root," probably from PIE *wrad- "branch, root" (cognates: Latin radix "root," Old Norse rot "root," Old English wyrt "plant, herb;" see radish).