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Definition of Cladode
1. Noun. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
Definition of Cladode
1. Noun. (botany) A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant. These often replace the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (for example asparagus, butchers broom) are typically reduced to scales. Acquisition and Diversification of Cladodes: Leaf-Like Organs in the Genus Asparagus May also refer to the generally flattened shoot such as the cactus shown. ¹
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Definition of Cladode
1. a leaflike part of a stem [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cladode
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cladode
Literary usage of Cladode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent (1900)
"... a cladode (Bâillon), a greatly developed placenta (Sachs), or any other form
of growth, this much may be accepted as consistent with the facts of ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the small flowers arc unisexual and borne on the face of the cladode; the male
contains three stamens, the filaments of which arc united to form a short ..."
3. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... Ciado- phy/l'a ('¡w\\oi>, a leaf), a branch assuming the form and function of
a leaf, a cladode ..."
4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver (1902)
"The illustration opposite at once makes the matter clear. It represents two
cladode-bearing plants, viz. two species of Butcher's-broom (Ruscus ..."
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