The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rhizoid \Rhi"zoid\, n. [Gr. ??? root + -oid.] (Bot.) A rootlike appendage. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rhizoid n 1: any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc