| The thickened root, a rhizome, can be beaten into a lathery pulp which can be used for soap and shampoo. |
| There is a report that indicates that amylase plays an important role in the anoxia-tolerant rhizome of Acorus calamus. |
| It grows from a creeping tuberous rhizome, a root-like horizontal stem growing just below the surface of the soil. |
| Indeed, eelgrass grows and extends through rhizomes, and for each rhizome, the stems grow out of the sediment. |
| More in north, zone 9 and 8, they could be restricted with their rhizome at each winter, to push back spring following. |
| The sacchariferous tissues are developed especially in the root, as in the beet and carrot, in the rhizome, as in Gyperus esculentus, or in the woody stems, as in Acer and Syringa. |
