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Thallus vs Cormus - What's the difference?

thallus | cormus |

In botany terms the difference between thallus and cormus

is that thallus is any plant body lacking vascular tissue while cormus is a corm.

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

    cormus

    English

    Noun

    (cormi)
  • (botany) A corm.
  • (biology) An organism made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.
    • (Webster 1913)