Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thallus"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Thallus \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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