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Thallus

Thallus Meaning & Definition
Thallus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Thallus?

[n] a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes

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See Also | crustose thallus | plant part

Thallus In Webster's Dictionary

\Thal"lus\, n.; pl. {Thalli}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? young shoot or branch, frond.] (Bot.) 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.

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