thallus
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əs noun, plural thal·li [thal-ahy] , thal·lus·es. Botany, Mycology.
[thal-ahy] , thal·lus·es. Botany, Mycology. a simple vegetative body undifferentiated into true leaves, stem, and root, ranging from an aggregation of filaments to a complex plantlike form.
Origin:
1820–30; < Neo-Latin < Greek thallós young shoot, twig
1820–30; < Neo-Latin < Greek thallós young shoot, twig
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| —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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Thallus
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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thallus thal·lus (thāl'əs)
n. pl. thal·lus·es or thal·li (thāl'ī)
A plant body or fungus undifferentiated into stem, root, or leaf.
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| thallus (thāl'əs) Pronunciation Key
Plural thalli (thāl'ī) A type of body found among plants and fungi that is not differentiated into roots, stems, or leaves. Thalli are found among lichens, mosses, liverworts, and many algae, as well as the gametophyte generations of horsetails and ferns, which have rhizoids but not true roots. |
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Example sentences
Profiles: branched filaments arising from an attached thallus.
We found that the long ogo initially has a higher growth rate, but this drops with time as thallus nitrogen stores are depleted.
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