cladode

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλᾰ́δος“young slip of a tree”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromcladodium
3. English todaycladode

From New Latin cladodium, from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́δος (klắdos, “young slip of a tree”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 1870 A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.