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clad·ode

(klăd′ōd′)

A photosynthetic branch or portion of a stem that functions as or resembles a leaf, as the pad of a prickly-pear cactus. Also called cladophyll.

[New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs, many-branched, from Greek klados, branch.]

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cladode

(ˈklædəʊd)

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

[C19: from New Latin cladōdium, from Late Greek kladōdēs having many shoots]

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clad•o•phyll

(ˈklæd ə fɪl, ˈkleɪ də-)

n.

a leaflike flattened branch that resembles and functions as a leaf. Also called cladode.

[1875–80]

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cladode - a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf

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stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

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monacantha cladodes. The plant cladodes were extracted with methanol and then fractionized with various organic solvents (n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and n-butanol).

Biological Activities of Opuntia Monacantha Cladodes

Nerd A, Nobel PS (2008) Effects of drought on water relations and nonstructural carbohydrates in cladodes of Opuntia ficus-indica.

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Unexpectedly, the plants also took up selenium, volatilizing some of it and keeping some in their fruit and leaf-like stems (cladodes).

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dillenii cladodes of uniform shape and maturity were collected from Donghai Island, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China.

Antidiabetic effect of a newly identified component of Opuntia dillenii polysaccharides

This species dominates the nopal ecosystem through its long life span and ability to reproduce vegetatively by rooting of cladodes (Mandujano et al., 1998).

Population dynamics of the western prickly pear, Opuntia macrorhiza (cactaceae)

The cladodes (the cactus leaves or pads) are covered with stiff thorns, while the tuna has detachable microscopic hairs, called glochids, that can easily penetrate bare skin.