cladode

American

[klad-ohd] / ˈklæd oʊd /

noun

Botany.

cladophyll.

cladode British

/ ˈklædəʊd /

noun

Also called: cladophyll. phylloclade. botany a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf, as in butcher's-broom

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Other Word Forms

cladodial adjective

Etymology

Origin of cladode

1865–70; < New Latin cladodium; clad-, -ode ¹, -ium

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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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