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rhizome
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rhizome,
an underground plant stem, growing more or less horizontally, that usually has roots on its underside and bears buds.
rhizome (rīˑ·zōm),
n root system of some perennial plants; consists of roots that grow horizontally; may also bear scales and nodes.
rhizome
an underground plant stem that develops roots and leaves at nodes along its length, e.g. in bracken, Sorghum halepense.
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It is both well-fed roots and rhizomes that enhance spring growth without the flush of soft, succulent, disease-prone growth that too often follows a spring fertilizing.
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Bulrushes are much slower than cattails in establishing and spreading because they proliferate primarily through underground rhizomes rather than seeds.
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Lift and cut the fleshy rhizomes into small pieces this month and reduce the leaves by half.
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