How do you pronounce thallus?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθæl.əs/.

thallus

/ˈθæl.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: thal-lus
IPA: /ˈθæl.əs/

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Meaning

noun

An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.

noun

Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.

Example Sentences

"As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “young shoot, twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: θαλλός, *dʰelh₁-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈθæl.əs/
British English: /ˈθæl.əs/

Inflected Forms

thalluses (plural) thalli (plural)

Derived Forms

Abrothallus Chrysothallus Cryptothallus Didymothallus Geothallus Greeneothallus Himantothallus hypothallus Makednothallus perithallus Phaeothallus pseudothallus

Frequently Paired Words

Phyllothallia thalliform thalline thallium Thallobionta thallodal thalloid Thallophyta

Rhymes With

dallas callous callus pallas phallus