Definition of Thallus

1. Noun. A plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes.

Specialized synonyms: Crustose Thallus
Generic synonyms: Plant Part, Plant Structure

Definition of Thallus

1. n. A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.

Definition of Thallus

1. a plant body without true root, stem, or leaf [n -LI or -LUSES] : THALLOID [adj]

Medical Definition of Thallus

1. The vegetative body of a plant that is not differentiated into organs such as stems and leaves, for example algae, the gametophytes of many liverworts. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thallus

thallium stress test
thallogen
thalloid
thalloid
thallophyta
Thallophyta
thallophyte
thallophyte
thallophytes
thallophytic
thallospore
thallotoxicosis
thallous
thallous
thallus (current term)
thallus (current term)
thalluses
thalmencephalon
thalweg
thalwegs
Thal procedure
Thames
Thames River
Thammuz
thamnophile
Thamnophilus
Thamnophis
Thamnophis proximus
Thamnophis sauritus
Thamnophis sirtalis

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