rhizoid

A slender filament or root-like structure found in mosses, ferns, fungi, and some other organisms, serving primarily for anchorage and absorption.

• 🌐خيط دقيق أو تركيب يشبه الجذر يوجد في الحزازيات والسرخسيات والفطريات وبعض الكائنات الأخرى، ويُستخدم أساساً للتثبيت والامتصاص.

1. Root-like filament C1 formal scientific

   A slender, root-like filament that anchors non-vascular plants (like mosses) and fungi to a substrate and absorbs water and nutrients.

   • The moss uses rhizoids to attach itself to the tree bark.
   • Fungal rhizoids penetrate the soil to absorb nutrients.
   • Unlike true roots, rhizoids lack specialized vascular tissue.

   🌐خيط جذري

• rhizoids plural form
• rhizoids' possessive plural form
• rhizoid's possessive singular form