Difference between revisions of "Lobe"
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| − | '''lobe''' (''pl.'' lobes; ''diminutive: | + | '''lobe''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' lobes; ''diminutive:'' [[lobule]]) – a ± flattened, elongated, [[dorsiventrally]] organized subunit of a [[foliose]] [[thallus]], with a distinct upper and lower side. (1) A rounded to elongated subunit of a foliose (''or'' [[squamulose]] or [[lobate]]) thallus; (2) occasionally also applied to protrusions from the margin of a [[thalline exciple]]. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
lobe (noun, pl. lobes; diminutive: lobule) – a ± flattened, elongated, dorsiventrally organized subunit of a foliose thallus, with a distinct upper and lower side. (1) A rounded to elongated subunit of a foliose (or squamulose or lobate) thallus; (2) occasionally also applied to protrusions from the margin of a thalline exciple.
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