The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A branching, treelike diagram in which the endpoints of the branches represent specific species of organisms. It is used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships and show points at which various species have diverged from common ancestral forms.
n. A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.
n. A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.
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n. a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships
Word Usage
"The data may come from shared characteristics, but a cladogram is a representation of hypothesized evolutionary relationships."