What does thallus mean?
Thallus means (botany) An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae..
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/ˈθæl.əs/ · noun
(botany) 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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Thallus means (botany) An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae..
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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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