rhizoid

English Thesaurus

1. any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fibril, filament, strand,
definition	:	a very slender natural or synthetic fiber (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	leak fungus, rhizopus stolonifer, ring rot fungus,
definition	:	fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes (noun.plant)