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| − | '''tier''' (''pl.'' tiers) – a distinctly stacked, platform-like scyphus from which lateral | + | '''tier''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' tiers) – a distinctly stacked, platform-like [[scyphus]] from which [[lateral]] [[branch]]es arise, thus forming regular [[whorl]]s (or ''verticils'') along the [[podetia]] in several taxa of ''Cladonia'' (e. g., ''Cladonia cervicornis'' ssp. ''verticillata''). ''Related terms:'' [[development]], [[growth]], [[ontogenesis]], [[ontogeny]], [[propagule]], [[soma]], [[stroma]], [[thallyle]]. |
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tier (noun, pl. tiers) – a distinctly stacked, platform-like scyphus from which lateral branches arise, thus forming regular whorls (or verticils) along the podetia in several taxa of Cladonia (e. g., Cladonia cervicornis ssp. verticillata). Related terms: development, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, propagule, soma, stroma, thallyle.
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