thallus

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Any plant body lacking vascular tissue
An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae
{i} structure of cells in plant body (Botany)
(pl = thalli) the `body' of a fungus
The vegetative body of the lower plant that has not differentiated into stems and leaves
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
The body of a seaweed
Plant body of algae, fungi (see fungus), and similar simple, plantlike organisms. Composed of filaments or plates of cells, a thallus ranges in size from a single-celled structure to a complex treelike form. The photosynthetic and supportive cells tend to be organized linearly, but a thallus lacks such differentiated specialized structures as stem, leaves, and conducting tissue. Most thallus plants are currently classified as complex protists
an undifferentiated plant body, as in the thallophytes
a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
A type of plant body not differentiated into root, stem or leaf
The fourth continent of Khoras
vegetative body of a fungus
crustose thallus
thin crusty lichen thallus; adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows
thallus

    Hyphenation

    thal·lus

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'tha-l&s ] (noun.) 1829. New Latin, from Greek thallos, from thallein to sprout; akin to Armenian dalar green, fresh, Albanian dal I come forth.
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