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cladode

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
clado-de
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.

noun

A generally flattened shoot as of certain cactuses.

Etymology

From New Latin cladodium, from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́δος (klắdos, “young slip of a tree”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

cladodes (plural)

Derived Forms

cladodial

Phrases

phylloclade — a leaflike cladode with unlimited extension growth

Frequently Paired Words

phylloclade — a leaflike cladode with unlimited extension growth

Synonyms

cladophyll phylloclad phylloclade

Questions

What does cladode mean?
A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
Where does cladode come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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