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[[Image:Zingiber officinale01.jpg|thumb|[[Ginger]] rhizome]]

[[Image:Zingiber officinale01.jpg|thumb|[[Ginger]] rhizome]]

[[Image:Iris rhizome p1150371.jpg|thumb|[[Iris (plant)|Iris]] rhizome]]

[[Image:Iris rhizome p1150371.jpg|thumb|[[Iris (plant)|Iris]] rhizome]]

In [[botany]], a '''rhizome''' is a usually underground, horizontal [[plant stem|stem]] of a [[plant]] that often sends out [[root]]s and [[shoot]]s from its nodes. Rhizomes may also be referred to as creeping rootstalks, or rootstocks. A [[stolon]] is similar to a rhizome, but exists above ground, sprouting from an existing stem.  

Underground [[stem]]; [[rootstock]].{{SCH}}