How to Use rhizome in a Sentence

rhizome

noun

• These plants have a rhizome, and the leaves grow from the base of your pot.
  — Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
• Plant the rhizomes so that the top is level with the soil surface.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 14 May 2020
• The top of the rhizome should be about one-half inch below the soil surface.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 3 Sep. 2020
• If mulching, do not cover the rhizome—just mulch up to it.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 14 June 2021
• Firm the soil around each rhizome and then water it in to help settle the soil.
  — oregonlive, 7 May 2021
• Make sure the rhizome is on the surface of the soil and that the crown of the rhizome isn't covered with gravel.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• Cut just below a rhizome, where a leaf meets the stem, or cut a piece of leaf that has a vein.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2021
• In zones 6 and colder, dig up the rhizomes (bulbs) and save them to replant in spring.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• Hill the Soil Like Irish potatoes, ginger rhizomes will burst through the soil and turn green in the sun.
  — Sharon Tregaskis, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2018
• Don’t plant them too deeply: Leave the top of the rhizome slightly exposed.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 17 Mar. 2017
• Use a sharp tool to separate a rhizome from the plant's root ball.
  — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2024
• The rhizomes may be OK stored in a cardboard box through the winter in a cool but frost-free place.
  — Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 2 Oct. 2017
• Big, firm rhizomes will give you large plants and lots of flowers.
  — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2024
• The rhizomes can be planted in late April or early May when the soil has warmed.
  — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2017
• Set a rhizome horizontally in the pot on top of the soil with the bud end up.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• Use a sharp knife, and cut off the new clump that’s forming, along with some of its creeping rhizomes.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2023
• Thin out your iris bed to leave 18 inches between the rhizomes.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Grass spreads by rhizomes and is terrific at finding a way to the light.
  — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2020
• Ginger is a plant with a thick, knotted stem called a rhizome.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• Turmeric, like it's cousin ginger, is a rhizome—which is, more or less, a root.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 19 Jan. 2018
• After the flower blooms, its rhizome (called orris root) must be left in the ground for three years.
  — April Long, Town & Country, 26 Aug. 2021
• At Kamayan Farm, de Leña pulls ginger rhizomes out of the soil and sifts through seed heads with her bare hands.
  — Allison Park, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2019
• The white part of the pup is where the soil level sits, and the orange part — the rhizome — is the underground portions of stem that produces roots.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 26 Mar. 2020
• Grass leaves grow much more slowly as the weather cools, but the grass roots and rhizomes continue to grow strong.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2019
• Just as edible as the rhizome, from which the ground spice originates, the leaves aren’t yellow and won’t stain food.
  — Nik Sharma, SFChronicle.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• Patches of this plant will increase in size through the expansion of the rhizome system.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
• Whitetop, or Hoary cress, is a very tough perennial weed that spreads by rhizomes and seeds.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 1 June 2018
• The flower stalk of the banana originates from a growing point of the rhizome down at ground level.
  — NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2017
• Cut the rhizomes into pieces, making sure there are shoots emerging from each piece.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• These seeds should produce white flowers, but a part of the rhizome certainly will.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024