It is a bulbous, root-like structure that evokes plant life.

The holdfast, a root-like structure, anchors the kelp to the substrate of the ocean.

The base of the stem is attached to rhizomorphs, black root-like structures 1-3 mm in diameter.

This species is rootless but the dissected leaves that hang down act as root-like structures and are longer than the floating leaves.

In the adult, the bacteria are localised in the root-like structures that grow into the whale bone.

Each is attached by branched root-like structures coming out of the sides of the rhizomes.

The 36-year-old has root-like structures growing out of his limbs, branches which can grow more than 2in a year, and welts that cover his body.

A holdfast is a root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms to their substrate.

After seeds germinate, they produce a haustorium or root-like structures that penetrate the host to extract water and minerals.

This plant spreads with root-like structures that grow over the surface of the ground (stolons).