English Explanatory Dictionary

thallus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
  2. Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.

Pronunciation

/ˈθæl.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thallus.wav

Word forms

thallus thalluses thalli

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “young shoot, twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”).

Related words

Phyllothallia thalliform thalline thallium Thallobionta thallodal thalloid Thallophyta thallophyte thallose

Derived words

Abrothallus Chrysothallus Cryptothallus Didymothallus Geothallus Greeneothallus Himantothallus Makednothallus Phaeothallus Rhizothallus Sandeothallus Xenothallus

Translations

Bulgarian: талус Dutch: thallus Finnish: sekovarsi French: thalle German: Thallus Hungarian: telep Ido: talo Italian: tallo Polish: plecha Sicilian: taḍḍu Volapük: talut
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