cladode

[klad-ohd]

noun

Botany.

1. cladophyll.

cladode

/ ˈklædəʊd /

noun

1. Also called: cladophyll.  phylloclade. botany a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf, as in butcher's-broom

Other Word Forms

• cladodial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cladode¹

1865–70; < New Latin cladodium; clad-, -ode ¹, -ium

Word History and Origins

Origin of cladode¹

C19: from New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs having many shoots

Example Sentences

In one section of the genus, sometimes regarded as a distinct genus Myrsiphyllum, the cladodes are flattened.

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The small whitish flowers are borne on the face of the cladodes, and are succeeded by a bright red berry.

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This is a native evergreen shrub, with rigid cladodes which take the place of leaves, and not very showy greenish flowers appearing about May.

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