Thallus vs Capsule - What's the difference?

thallus | capsule |


As a noun thallus

is (botany) an undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.

As a verb capsule is

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thallus

English

Noun

(thalli)
  • (botany) An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
  • (botany) Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.

    • Related terms

    * thalliform * thalline * thallodal * thalloid * Thallobionta * Thallophyta * thallophyte * thallose

    capsule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physiology) A membranous envelope.
  • (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
  • (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
  • *
    • The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
  • A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
  • (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  • (dialectal, UK, Suffolk) A weasel.
  • (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
  • * 1962 , :
    • If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
  • (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
  • (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
  • A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
  • A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * capsular * capsule review * Glissonian capsule

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