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CLADODE

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clad⋅ode

  [klad-ohd]
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–noun Botany.
cladophyll.
Origin:
1865–70; < NL cladodium; see clad-, -ode 1 , -ium

Related forms:
cla⋅do⋅di⋅al, adjective

clad⋅o⋅phyll

  [klad-uh-fil, kley-duh-]
–noun Botany.
a leaflike flattened branch that resembles and functions as a leaf.
Also called cladode.

Origin:
1875–80; clado- + -phyll
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clad·ode   (klād'ōd')   
n.  See cladophyll.

[New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs, many-branched, from Greek klados, branch.]
cla·do'di·al (klə-dō'dē-əl) adj.
clad·o·phyll   (klād'ə-fĭl')   
n.  A photosynthetic branch or portion of a stem that resembles and functions as a leaf, as in the asparagus. Also called cladode.

[Greek klados, twig + -phyll.]
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