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noun
A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A generally flattened shoot as of certain cactuses.
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noun
a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade
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Broader terms: stalk, stem
History
From New Latin cladodium, from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́δος (klắdos, “young slip of a tree”).
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