Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A photosynthetic branch or portion of a stem that functions as or resembles a leaf, as the pad of a prickly-pear cactus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a leaf-like flattened branch or peduncle, as in
Ruscus and some species of Phyllanthus. Alsocladophyl .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs, many-branched, from Greek klados, branch.]
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