Another name for a rhizoid is root. Even though rhizoids are not exactly roots in the scientific use of the term, they act like roots in that they help anchor certain types of plants and absorb nutrients to feed them.
One of the root-like wires of a plant, that attaches to another substance.
mosses
A rhizoid holds a moss or liverwort in the ground.
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rhizoid
To obtain water.
To obtain water.
rhizoid is a noun
It is the rhizoid, I think.
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rhizoid
A rootlike hypha of a zygomycete is called a rhizoid. Rhizoids anchor the fungi to the substrate and help with nutrient absorption. These structures are nonseptate and play a significant role in the fungal life cycle.