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dendrogram
den·dro·gram
/
ˈdɛn
drəˌgræm
/
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den
-dr
uh
-gram
]
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noun
Biology
.
a treelike diagram depicting evolutionary changes from ancestral to descendant forms, based on shared characteristics.
Compare
cladogram
,
phenogram
.
Origin:
dendro-
+
-gram
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dendrogram
(ˈdɛndrəʊˌɡræm)
—
n
any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
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