cladode

(thing) by BioTech Thu Aug 15 2002 at 22:24:51
The photosynthetic stem of a plant whose foliage leaves are absent or much reduced.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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