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cladogram

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

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noun

Meaning 2

A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: phylogenetics

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noun

Meaning 3

a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: tree, tree diagram

History

Etymology

From clado- + -gram.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cebuano: kladogram — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分支图 — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 支序图 — Translations
  • Finnish: kladogrammi — Translations
  • French: cladogramme — Translations
  • German: Kladogramm — Translations
  • German: Cladogramm — Translations
  • Irish: cládagram — Translations
  • Italian: cladogrammo — Translations
  • Italian: cladogramma — Translations
  • Japanese: クラドグラム — Translations
  • Portuguese: cladograma — Translations
  • Russian: кладограмма (kladogramma) — Translations
  • Spanish: cladograma — Translations