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cladode

American

[klad-ohd] / ˈklæd oʊd /

noun

Botany.

cladophyll.

cladode British

/ ˈklædəʊd /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

cladodial

adjective

Etymology

Origin of cladode

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

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