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plant body (lacking true roots or stems)
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A usually flat vegetative ogan without differentiation into stem and leaves.
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a main plant body, not differentiated into a stem and leaves.
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The body of a plant which is not differentiated into stem, root and leaf.
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Entire body of a fungus.
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(thal´ us) [Gr.: sprout] • Any algal body which is not differentiated into root, stem, and leaf.
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a simple plant body, such as multicellular algae, that is not differentiated into stem and leaves.
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the vegetative body of a plant that is not differentiated into organs such as stems and leaves, e.g. the gametophytes of ferns, and Lemnaceae.
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The vegetative structure of algae and fungi, which may be leaf-like or stem-like, but is not vascular tissue.
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A plantlike organism not divided into leaves, stem, and root. Mushrooms and lichen are examples of thalli.
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The vegetative body of a lichen.
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Name given to the vegetative body in fungi and some lower plants where there is no specialized tissue development.
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n. (Gr. thallos, a young shoot) a plant body that lacks differentiation into distinct forms of stems, leaves, roots, and does not grow from an apical point.
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(pl. = thalli) the `body' of a fungus.
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Gk. thallos, a young twig] A simple plant or algal body without true roots, leaves, or stems.
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The plant-like structure of a fungus or alga, usually macroscopic in size.
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a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
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a flattened growth form, which does not have discrete organs like stems, leaves and roots
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a multicellular plant body exhibiting little differentiation of tissues and lacking such organs as roots , stems and leaves
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an old botanical term used to describe "plants" that do not have leaves, stems and roots, and its origin goes back to a time when only two kingdoms were recognized in classifying organisms, i
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a simple vegetative body undifferentiated into true leaves, stems, roots, or the like
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General form of an alga that, unlike a plant, is not differentiated into stems, roots, or leaves
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Plant in which the roots, stems, and leaves cannot be distinguished from one another.
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The vegetative part of simple plants, ranging from unicellular structures to large seaweeds. It shows no differentiation into root, stem, and leaves.
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plant body that is not differentiated into root, stem or leaf
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the whole seaweed is called the thallus.
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The body of the plant in the family Lemnaceae.
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A vegetative form lacking stems, roots, or leaves, such as the gametophyte of a thalloid liverwort or a fern.
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The vegetative body of the lower plant that has not differentiated into stems and leaves.
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(Gr. thallos, a sprout)  Plant body without true roots, stems, or leaves.
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The entire physical entity of a propagule or a whole plant
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A main plant body not differentiated into stems and leaves as in duckweeds and liverworts.
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(Pl. thalli.) Any simple vegetative plant body that lacks roots, stems and leaves.
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The entire body of an alga.
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(pl. Thalli) - The usually ill-defined `body' of a simple plant.
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the vegetative body of a fungus
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term given to the body of a lower plant which has no recognisable shoot, root, leaf regions
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A flat, branching, undifferentiated plant body, e.g. seaweed
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The body of a seaweed.
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A simple plant body which does not exhibit any differentiation into root, stem and leaves.
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Any simple vegetative plant body that lacks roots, stems and leaves. (Pl. thalli.) ( 15)
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the somatic phase of a fungus.
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Relatively simple plant body devoid of stems, leaves and roots. In fungi, the somatic phase.
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Thallus, from Latinized Greek θαλλος (thallos), meaning a green shoot or twig, is an undifferentiated vegetative tissue of some non-mobile organisms, which were previously known as the thallophytes.
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