thallodal

English

Etymology

From thallus +‎ -ode +‎ -al.

Adjective

thallodal (comparative more thallodal, superlative most thallodal)

1. (botany) Resembling or having the character of a thallus.

   Synonyms: thallodic, thalloid, thalliform, thalline, thallose

   • 1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, […], Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99:

     Apothecia sessile or slightly elevated, mostly in the centre; disc at first concave, afterwards nearly plane, dark chestnut-coloured, surrounded by a naked or isidiiferous, indexed, thallodal margin; asci elongato-subventricose, 8 spored; spores elliptical, unilocular, hyaline; .002 in. long, by .00125 in. broad.

References

• “thallodal, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.