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cladode

[ klad-ohd ]

noun

Botany.


cladode

/ ˈ°ì±ôæ»åəʊ»å /

noun

  1. botany a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf, as in butcher's-broom Also calledcladophyllphylloclade
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cladode1

1865–70; < New Latin cladodium; clad-, -ode 1, -ium
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cladode1

C19: from New Latin ³¦±ô²¹»åŻ徱³Ü³¾, from Late Greek °ì±ô²¹»åÅ»åŧ²õ having many shoots
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In one section of the genus, sometimes regarded as a distinct genus Myrsiphyllum, the cladodes are flattened.

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The small whitish flowers are borne on the face of the cladodes, and are succeeded by a bright red berry.

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This is a native evergreen shrub, with rigid cladodes which take the place of leaves, and not very showy greenish flowers appearing about May.

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