🔤 Cladodes ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
patti numa tana, chapta tana, pauday ka patti wala hissa
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ENGLISH
📚noun
cladodes
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈklædəʊdz/
Phonetic: /klay dohdz/
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DEFINITION
flattened, leaf like photosynthetic stem branches found on certain plants like cacti
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Prickly pear cacti store water inside their thick flattened cladodes.
Botanists observed small yellow flowers blooming directly on the cladodes.
The cladodes perform photosynthesis since the plant leaves are reduced to spines.
Farming communities harvest young cladodes of the prickly pear for cooking.
Green succulent cladodes help desert vegetation survive prolonged severe droughts.
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SYNONYMS
cladophylls flattened stems modified stems phylloclades
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ANTONYMS
true leaves woody trunks taproots
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