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Definition of Cladodes
1. cladode [n] - See also: cladode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cladodes
Literary usage of Cladodes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver (1902)
"Plant« with Leaf-like Branche» (cladodes). l Young »boot of ... The »ame branch
fully grown, with flower» nn the cladodes. ..."
2. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"Flowers small, dioecious, usually on the upper surface of the cladodes ; segments
distinct, the 3 outer ovate ones much larger than the 3 inner ones. ..."
3. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1884)
"cladodes 3—1^ in., twisted at the base. Flowers % in. diam., bracteate and
bracteolate, males on narrower cladodes. Berry J in. diam., bright red, ..."
4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"The flowers arise from the upper surface of these cladodes, in the axils of ...
A leaf-like flattening of the massive stems which thus form cladodes is met ..."
5. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1878)
"cladodes (formerly called leaves, but now late, angular or laterally flattened,
surrounded by small scarious scales representing the real leaves. ..."
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