thallodal

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English

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Etymology

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    From thallus +‎ -ode +‎ -al.

    Adjective

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    thallodal (comparative more thallodal, superlative most thallodal)

    1. (botany) Resembling or having the character of a thallus.
      Synonyms: thallodic, thalloid, thalliform, thalline, thallose
      • 1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, [], Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99:
        Apothecia sessile or slightly elevated, mostly in the centre; disc at first concave, afterwards nearly plane, dark chestnut-coloured, surrounded by a naked or isidiiferous, indexed, thallodal margin; asci elongato-subventricose, 8 spored; spores elliptical, unilocular, hyaline; .002 in. long, by .00125 in. broad.

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