thalloid
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thalloid
Example Sentences
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In thalloid forms fimbriate or lobed margins or outgrowths from the surface lead to the same result.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The spore on germination forms a short filament which soon broadens out into the thalloid protonema.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The sexual generation is a small green thalloid structure called a prothallium, which bears antheridia and archegonia, each archegonium having a neck-canal and oosphere, which is fertilized just as in the moss.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
L. coarctata Apothecia not surrounded by a thalloid veil.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington
Apothecia usually surrounded by a thalloid veil 1.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington
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