Link Centre Dictionary

thallus

thal·lus

UK/ˈθæl.əs/ uncommon

noun

1.

a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes

Origin

From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “young shoot, twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”).

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.