thalloid (thaloid)

[ body does not consist of a leafy axis. thallome (thal'ōm), n. [ Arboreal plants having structures akin to those of thal lophytes . Pop . Sci . Mo., XXXII. 792. thallophytic (thal-o-fit'ik), a . [ thallophyte + -ic.] In bot ., of or pertaining to the Thal lophyta or thallophytes. thallose (thal'os), a. [ thallus + -ose.] In bot ., same as thalloid. thallus (thal'us), n. [NL., thallus , θάλλειν , be luxuriant, bloom, sprout.] In bot . , a vegetative body or plant-body undifferentiated into root, stem, or leaves; the plant-body characteristic of the Thallophyta . Also thalamus . See cut under app lanate . - Filamentous thallus. Same as fruticulose thallus . - Foliaceous or frondose thallus, in lichens, a flat more or le leaf-like thallus which spreads over the surface of the substratum, but is attached at only a few points and can be easily separated therefrom without much injury. - Fruticulose thallus, in lichens, a thallus which is attached to the substratum by a narrow base only, from which it grows upward as a simple or more or le branched shrub-like body. - Stratified thallus. See stratified.