Thallodic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or having the character of a thallus.
"The 'thallodic' margin of the apothecia which is characteristic of many genera and contains Algae (see Figs. 86, 87, 89) belongs, as the name rightly expresses, to the thallus and not to the apothecium."
Example
More examples"The 'thallodic' margin of the apothecia which is characteristic of many genera and contains Algae (see Figs. 86, 87, 89) belongs, as the name rightly expresses, to the thallus and not to the apothecium."
Etymology
From thallus + -ode + -ic.
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