thallodal
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English
Etymology
Adjective
thallodal (comparative more thallodal, superlative most thallodal)
- (botany) Resembling or having the character of a thallus.
- Synonyms: thallodic, thalloid, thalliform, thalline, thallose
- 1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, , Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99:
- Apothecia sessile or slightly elevated, mostly in the centre; disc at first concave, afterwards nearly plane, dark chestnut-coloured, surrounded by a naked or isidiiferous, indexed, thallodal margin; asci elongato-subventricose, 8 spored; spores elliptical, unilocular, hyaline; .002 in. long, by .00125 in. broad.
References
- “thallodal, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
