Rhizoid

[Zipporah Schumaker]

shank; something used to slash or stab someone

[Kai]

a part similar to a root that provides food to some types of plants such as algae and fungi

[Marquetta]

A filamentous outgrowth or root hair on the underside of the thallus in some lower plants, especially mosses and liverworts, serving both to anchor the plant and (in terrestrial forms) to conduct water.