单词 | rhizomatic |
释义 | rhizomaticadj. 1. Botany. = rhizomatous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [adjective] > of or belonging to root tuberous1668 stemmy1728 radical1753 radicous?1764 radicellar1819 rhizoid1859 rhizomatic1864 rhizomic1898 rooty1905 stocky1915 1864 Gardener's Monthly May 152/2 Tubercular processes are formed, which ultimately assume the rhizomatic character, giving off fronds and rootlets. 1903 Sierra Club Bull. June 300 An undescribed lily, two or three feet high, bulbs rhizomatic. 1972 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 19 Nov. d8/1 These are planted in early winter or late fall..before the rhizomatic or bearded irises. 2002 High Country News 13 May 8/2 Its dominant species are all bunchgrasses, rather than the rhizomatic species that are found east of the Rockies. 2. figurative (originally Philosophy). Resembling an interconnected, subterranean network of roots. Hence: non-hierarchical, interconnected. ΚΠ 1977 S. Corngold in A. Flores Kafka Deb. 71 Arborescent thinking, generative logic, fail to connect what the rhizomatic ‘warren’ interrelates. 1984 SubStance 13 62 Rhizomatic thought implies a style of writing which displays immediate connections with the outside. 1988 P. Patton in C. Nelson & L. Grossberg Marxism & Interpr. Culture i. 124 A rhizomatic model of organization which departs at every turn from the dichotomous and hierarchical tree structure that has dominated Western thought. 1998 V. Mahaffey States of Desire 25 As an alternative to rooted or stable forms of thought, they celebrate what they call rhizomatic movement, an associative, omnidirectional, ever-changing process of exploration without a set goal. 2007 K. McGowan Key Issues Crit. & Cultural Theory vi. 132 Rhizomatic thought emphasizes connections devoid of centres and foundations. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1864 |
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