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Old 02-25-06, 09:29 AM #2
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Default Re: Change the name of Geography and Towns etc.

High Forest = The Rhizome? heh

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Rhizome \Rhi*zome"\, n. [Gr. ??? the mass of roots (of a tree),
a stem, race, fr. ??? to make to root, pass., to take root,
fr. ??? a root: cf. F. rhizome.] (Bot.)
A rootstock, such as one of an iris. See {Rootstock}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

rhizome
n : a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below
serving as a reproductive structure [syn: {rootstock}, {rootstalk}]
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