thalloid
[ thal-oid ]
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How to use thalloid in a sentence
Stems thalloid, with large subquadrate succubous leaves; underleaves none.
In thalloid forms fimbriate or lobed margins or outgrowths from the surface lead to the same result.
The protonema forms a flat, lobed, thalloid structure attached to the soil by rhizoids, and the plants arise from marginal cells.
The spore on germination forms a short filament which soon broadens out into the thalloid protonema.
One thalloid form has already been described in Pellia (fig. 2).
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