rizom

English

Etymology

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Noun

rizom (plural rizoms)

  1. (heraldry) A plume, as of oats.
    • 1828, William Berry, Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:
      The corn, or fruit, at the top of an oat-stalk is not generally termed the ear, but the rizom; and in old heraldry it is sometimes blazoned an oat-stalk, bladed and rizomed.

Romanian

Etymology

From French rhizome.

Noun

rizom m (plural rizomi)

  1. rhizome

Declension

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