thalloid
[ thal-oid ]
/ ˈθæl ɔɪd /
adjective Botany, Mycology.
resembling or consisting of a thallus.
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Words nearby thalloid
thalidomide, thallic, thallium, thallium sulfate, thallo-, thalloid, thallophyte, thallous, thallus, thalweg, thamar
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Example sentences from the Web for thalloid
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).