cladode (English, noun)
expansion: cladode (plural cladodes)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: 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.
glosses: A generally flattened shoot as of certain cactuses.
Forms:
form: cladodes
tags: plural