cladode (redirected from cladodial)

clad·ode  (kldd)

n.

See cladophyll.

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[New Latin claddium, from Late Greek kladds, many-branched, from Greek klados, branch.]

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cla·dodi·al (kl-dd-l) adj.

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cladode [ˈklædəʊd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf, as in butcher's-broom Also called cladophyll phylloclade

[from New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs having many shoots]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cladode - a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ