Meaning of THALLUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'thalus
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| | Definition: | | [n] a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes |
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| | See Also: | | crustose thallus, plant part | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Thal"lus\, n.; pl. {Thalli}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? young
shoot or branch, frond.] (Bot.)
A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more
layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion,
but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and
branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.
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| | Definition: | | The vegetative body of a plant that is not differentiated into organs such as stems and leaves, e.g. algae, the gametophytes of many liverworts. |
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