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cladode

[ klad-ohd ]

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noun

, Botany.

cladophyll.

cladode

/ ˈklædəʊd /

noun

botany a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf, as in butcher's-broom Also calledcladophyllphylloclade

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cla·dodi·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cladode¹

1865–70; < New Latin cladodium; clad-, -ode ¹, -ium

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cladode¹

C19: from New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs having many shoots

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