Associations to the word «Rhizome»

Wiktionary

RHIZOME, noun. A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
RHIZOME, noun. (philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See Rhizome (philosophy).

Dictionary definition

RHIZOME, noun. A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche