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单词 cladode
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Definition of cladode in English:

cladode

nounˈkleɪdəʊdˈkladōd
Botany
  • A flattened leaflike stem.

    〔植〕叶状枝,叶状茎

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For instance, the Aztecs prized the rich red color extracted from the dried bodies of insects that were raised on cladodes (leaf-like branches) of many species of prickly-pear cacti.
    • Experiments reported herein focused on cladodes of O. ficusindica and stem segments of O. parryi var. parryi (cylindropuntia).
    • At the time of anthesis, 80 flowers growing on 16 terminal cladodes (five flowers per cladode, with all additional flowers removed) were marked for growth measurements (the ‘control’).
    • In cacti, relative capacitance of the cladode parenchyma is 1.04 MPa - 1, with large amounts of mucilage-associated solutes which may aid their function as an apoplastic capacitor.
    • Opuntia robusta var. robusta is a perennial shrubby cactus with a poorly defined trunk made up of thick, orbicular, bluish-green cladodes.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek kladōdēs 'with many shoots', from klados 'shoot'.

Definition of cladode in US English:

cladode

(also cladophyll)
nounˈkladōd
Botany
  • A flattened leaflike stem.

    〔植〕叶状枝,叶状茎

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In cacti, relative capacitance of the cladode parenchyma is 1.04 MPa - 1, with large amounts of mucilage-associated solutes which may aid their function as an apoplastic capacitor.
    • For instance, the Aztecs prized the rich red color extracted from the dried bodies of insects that were raised on cladodes (leaf-like branches) of many species of prickly-pear cacti.
    • At the time of anthesis, 80 flowers growing on 16 terminal cladodes (five flowers per cladode, with all additional flowers removed) were marked for growth measurements (the ‘control’).
    • Opuntia robusta var. robusta is a perennial shrubby cactus with a poorly defined trunk made up of thick, orbicular, bluish-green cladodes.
    • Experiments reported herein focused on cladodes of O. ficusindica and stem segments of O. parryi var. parryi (cylindropuntia).

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek kladōdēs ‘with many shoots’, from klados ‘shoot’.

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