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  2. Rhizome - Wikipedia

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    In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (/ ˈ r aɪ z oʊ m / RY-zohm) [note 1] is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. [3] Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots ...

  3. Liyue (Genshin Impact) - Wikipedia

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    Liyue represents the China-inspired region in Genshin Impact. The Geo-elemental nation is located in the eastern part of Teyvat and is the oldest established nation on the continent. [1] According to the lore, about 3,700 years ago, Rex Lapis founded Liyue. [2] The goddess Guizhong guarded Mt. Tianheng and built the Guizhong Ballista. [3]

  4. Underground stem - Wikipedia

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    Underground stems are modified plant parts that derive from stem tissue but exist under the soil surface. [1] They function as storage tissues for food and nutrients, facilitate the propagation of new clones, and aid in perennation (survival from one growing season to the next). [ 2 ]

  5. Tuber - Wikipedia

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    Stem tubers manifest as thickened rhizomes (underground stems) or stolons (horizontal connections between organisms); examples include the potato and yam. The term root tuber describes modified lateral roots , as in sweet potatoes , cassava , and dahlias .

  6. Plant stem - Wikipedia

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    Stolon: A horizontal stem that produces rooted plantlets at its nodes and ends, forming near the surface of the ground. Thorn: A modified stem with a sharpened point. Tuber: A swollen, underground storage stem adapted for storage and reproduction, e.g. potato. Woody: Hard textured stems with secondary xylem.

  7. Frond - Wikipedia

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    The stem of a typical (leptosporangiate) fern is subterranean or horizontal on the surface of the ground. These stems are called rhizomes . Many fern fronds are initially coiled into a fiddle-head or crozier (see circinate vernation ), although cycad and palm fronds do not have this pattern of new leaf growth.

  8. Corm - Wikipedia

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    Corm, bulbo-tuber, or bulbotuber is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (perennation).

  9. Fill-In (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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    Smaller words may be easier to fit in the grid, but longer words give more clues to connecting words. [ 10 ] Care must be given to marking out words that are not explicitly placed in the grid; this occurs when one fills in a vertical sequence of horizontal words, or vice versa.