rizom

English

Noun

rizom (plural rizoms)

  1. (heraldry) A plume, as of oats.
    • 1828, William Berry, Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry
      The corn, or fruit, at the top of an oat-stalk is not generally termed the ear, but the rizom; and in old heraldry it is sometimes blazoned an oat-stalk, bladed and rizomed.
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