thallus

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Also, the thallus is connected to hook structures, the smooth rhizoids.

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  1. noun A plant body undifferentiated into stem, root, or leaf.

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  1. Latin, green stalk, from Greek thallos, from thallein, to sprout.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin thallus, from Greek θαλλός, a young shoot or twig, from θάλλειν, be luxuriant, bloom, sprout.
 

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/ˈθæləs/
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