RI-zoydz Hairlike extensions along the lower surface of a bryophyte that anchors the plant and absorbs water and minerals. 493
Filamentous structures in the plants group known as bryophytes that attach to a substrate and absorb moisture. The term is also applied to similar structures found outside the bryophytes.
(rye´ zoids) [Gr. rhiza: root] • Hairlike extensions of cells in mosses, liverworts, and a few vascular plants that serve the same function as roots and root hairs in vascular plants. The term is also applied to branched, rootlike extensions of some fungi and algae.
Hair-like structure that function as anchorage; in Bryophytes.
slender, root-like organs