thall- root words — words with the thall- root

The root thall- comes from Greek thallos, meaning green shoot. 7 words in Dendril are built from it, including thallium, heterothallic, homothallic, prothallus, thallic, thallophyte, thallus. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the thall- root

Explore words with thall- — words containing the thall- root and sharing its sense of "green shoot". Examples include thallium, heterothallic, homothallic, prothallus, thallic, thallophyte, thallus. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does thall- mean?

The thall- root means green shoot, from Greek thallos. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.