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Definition of Thalloid
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus.
Definition of Thalloid
1. a. Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.
Definition of Thalloid
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a thallus. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Of a plant, alga, or fungus lacking complex organization, especially lacking distinct stems, roots, or leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thalloid
1. thallus [adj] - See also: thallus
Medical Definition of Thalloid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalloid
Literary usage of Thalloid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The thalloid Shoot. The body is differentiated into a root and a thalloid shoot;
... The vegetative body of the sporophyte has a thalloid shoot in some ..."
2. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The thalloid Shoot. The body is differentiated into a root and a ... The morphology
of the thalloid shoot is very much the same as that of the thallus. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The plant body (gamete-bearing generation) consists either of a thalloid, algal-like,
... The thalloid liverworts are inhabitants of damp or wet situations, ..."
4. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Form variations in thalloid plants. — The variations in body form exhibited by
algae and fungi are in many respects comparable to those of leaves, ..."
5. Elements of Plant Anatomy by Emily Lovira Gregory (1895)
"One more peculiarity of this group must be mentioned before taking up the
description of the thalloid hepatics separately. The difference in the mode of the ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... mycelium thalloid, parasitic on yellow-green alg^e. ... mycelium thalloid of
two sorts, primary and secondary; apothecia borne on stalks ..."
7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Family Cladoniaceae: mycelium thalloid of two sorts, primary and secondary;
apothecia borne ... Family Parmeliaceae: mycelium thalloid, algae yellow-green, ..."
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