thallus

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/ˈθæl.əs/(UK)

Definition of thallus

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noun

An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.

“As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; […]”

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noun

An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.

“As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; […]”
Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.

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From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “young shoot, twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”).

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