A rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizome may also refer to: Rhizome (philosophy), a concept in the philosophies of Deleuze and Guattari Rhizomatic learning Rhizome (organization), an American not-for-profit arts organization See also Rhizoid, protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae Mycorrhiza, a mutual symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant Rizome, a fictional corporation in the novel Islands in the Net