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thallodal

thallodal adjective: resembling or having the character of a thallus.

Adjective

thallodal (comparative more thallodal, superlative most thallodal)

  1. Resembling or having the character of a thallus.
    • 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...1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, […], Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99

Synonyms of thallodal

Forms of thallodal

comparativemore thallodal
superlativemost thallodal

Origin of thallodal

From thallus + -ode + -al.

Questions about thallodal

What does thallodal mean?
Thallodal means resembling or having the character of a thallus.
What part of speech is thallodal?
Thallodal is an adjective.

Words near thallodal in the dictionary

  1. thallo-
  2. thalloan
  3. thalloconidia
  4. thalloconidial
  5. thalloconidium
  6. thallodal
  7. thallodic
  8. thallogen
  9. thallogenous
  10. thallogens
  11. thalloid

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