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cladode
[ klad-ohd ]
/ ˈklæd oʊd /
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noun Botany.
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OTHER WORDS FROM cladode
cla·do·di·al, adjectiveWords nearby cladode
cladism, cladistics, clado-, cladocarpous, cladoceran, cladode, cladogenesis, cladogram, cladophyll, cladoptosis, claes
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British Dictionary definitions for cladode
cladode
/ (ˈklædəʊd) /
noun
botany a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf, as in butcher's-broomAlso called: cladophyll, phylloclade
Word Origin for cladode
C19: from New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs having many shoots
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