rhizome.
A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
Meaning & usage
A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίζωμα (rhízōma). As philosophical metaphor, used by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
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