Rhizome
Lotus rhizome
In botany an dendrology, a rhizome (/ˈraɪzoʊm/, frae Auncient Greek: rhízōma "mass o ruits",[1] frae rhizóō "cause tae strike ruit")[2] is a modified subterranean stem o a plant that is uisually fopnd unnergrund, eften sendin oot ruits an shuits frae its nodes.