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thalloid

[thal-oid]

adjective Botany, Mycology.

resembling or consisting of a thallus.

Origin:
1855–60; thall(us) + -oid

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thallus (ˈθæləs)

—n , pl thalli, thalluses
	the undifferentiated vegetative body of algae, fungi, and lichens

[C19: from Latin, from Greek thallos green shoot, from thallein to bloom]

'thalloid

—*adj*

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