Thallus

thal′us, n. a vegetative body showing little or no differentiation into leaf, stem, and root, and characteristic of the Thall′ophytes or lower Cryptogam i a, including algæ, fungi, and lichens.— adjs. Thall′iform , of the form of a thallus; Thall′ine , Thallod′ic , pertaining to a thallus.— n. Thall′ogen , a thallophyte.— adjs. Thallog′enous , belonging to the thallogens; Thall′oid , Thall′ose , resembling a thallus.— ns. Thall′ōme , a thallus; Tham′nium , the branched shrub-like thallus of fruticulose lichens. [Gr. thallos , a young shoot.] Thalweg to Tillandsia fāte, fär; mē, hėr; mīne; mōte; mūte; mōōn; th en.