Thallus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθæl.əs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thallus is a noun meaning (botany) An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
Meaning
(botany) An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
More Meanings
- (botany) Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.
Example Sentences
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; […]
Word Forms
- thalluses
- thalli
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thallophyte, thallogen, pagina, perithallus, thalassophyte, hypothallus.
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