Difference between revisions of "Holdfast"
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| − | '''holdfast''' (''pl.'' holdfasts; ''synonym: | + | '''holdfast''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' holdfasts; ''synonym:'' [[attachment organ]])– an expanded, sometimes disk-like attachment of the [[thallus]] to its [[substrate]]; used in a general sense to include [[rhizine]]s or other "anchoring", "root-like" structures which are not specialized for absorption. ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of lower thallus surface]][[:Category:Part of lower thallus surface|part of lower thallus surface]]. |
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holdfast (noun, pl. holdfasts; synonym: attachment organ)– an expanded, sometimes disk-like attachment of the thallus to its substrate; used in a general sense to include rhizines or other "anchoring", "root-like" structures which are not specialized for absorption. This is:part of lower thallus surface.
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