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rhizome
In some vascular plants (e.g., mint, couch grass), a usually more-or-less horizontal underground stem. Rhizomes, also called rootstock, may be enlarged for storage or may function in vegetative reproduction. They last for several years and new shoots appear each spring from the axils of scale leaves.
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