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thallus

DEFINITIONS OF: thallus

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

Types:
crustose thallus
thin crusty lichen thallus; adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows
Type of:
plant part, plant structure
any part of a plant or fungus
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