thallus

名词 n.
/ˈθæl.əs/    /ˈθæl.əs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
    — As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; […]
  2. Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.

词形变化

thalluses plural thalli plural

词源

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