Thallodic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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