Lexic.us

Definition of Thalloid

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus.

Definition of Thalloid

1. a. Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.

Definition of Thalloid

1. thallus [adj] - See also: thallus

Medical Definition of Thalloid

1. Of or resembling a thallus. (09 Oct 1997)

Thalloid Pictures

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalloid

thallic thalline thalline thallious thallious thallium thallium thalliums thallium 201 thallium heart scan

thallium poisoning thallium radioisotopes thallium stress test thallogen thalloid (current term) thalloid (current term) thallophyta Thallophyta thallophyte thallophyte

thallophytes thallophytic thallospore thallotoxicosis thallous thallous thallus thallus thalluses thalmencephalon

Literary usage of Thalloid

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1. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The thalloid Shoot. The body is differentiated into a root and a thalloid shoot; ... The vegetative body of the sporophyte has a thalloid shoot in some ..."

2. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The thalloid Shoot. The body is differentiated into a root and a ... The morphology of the thalloid shoot is very much the same as that of the thallus. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The plant body (gamete-bearing generation) consists either of a thalloid, algal-like, ... The thalloid liverworts are inhabitants of damp or wet situations, ..."

4. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Form variations in thalloid plants. — The variations in body form exhibited by algae and fungi are in many respects comparable to those of leaves, ..."

5. Elements of Plant Anatomy by Emily Lovira Gregory (1895)
"One more peculiarity of this group must be mentioned before taking up the description of the thalloid hepatics separately. The difference in the mode of the ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... mycelium thalloid, parasitic on yellow-green alg^e. ... mycelium thalloid of two sorts, primary and secondary; apothecia borne on stalks ..."

7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Family Cladoniaceae: mycelium thalloid of two sorts, primary and secondary; apothecia borne ... Family Parmeliaceae: mycelium thalloid, algae yellow-green, ..."

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