Cladogram Definition

klădə-grăm, klādə-
cladograms
noun
A branching diagram used in cladistics to illustrate speciation and the relationships between species by showing the development and divergence of clades.
Webster's New World

(phylogenetics) A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.

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Other Word Forms of Cladogram

Noun

Singular:
cladogram
Plural:
cladograms

Origin of Cladogram

  • Greek klados branch –gram

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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