thallus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈθæl.əs/ (UK, US)
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “young shoot, twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”).
Meanings
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An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; […]
1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Spring”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
- Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thalli | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| thalluses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
thallodic · Xenothallus · Sandeothallus · pseudothallus · Phaeothallus · Chrysothallus · Geothallus · Didymothallus · Cryptothallus · Greeneothallus · Abrothallus · Makednothallus · perithallus · Himantothallus · hypothallus · Rhizothallus
Relateds
Thallobionta · thallophyte · thalloid · thalline · thallose · Phyllothallia · Thallophyta · thallodal · thalliform · thallium
Translations (11)
io talo (thallus) · nl thallus (thallus) · scn taḍḍu (thallus) · it tallo (thallus) · de Thallus (thallus) · pl plecha (thallus) · bg талус (thallus) · fr thalle (thallus) · fi sekovarsi (thallus) · hu telep (thallus) · vo talut (thallus)