HETEROPHYLLOUS


Meaning of HETEROPHYLLOUS in English

|hed.ərō|filəs adjective

Etymology: heter- + -phyllous

1. : having the foliage leaves of more than one form on the same plant or stem

many eucalypts, pondweeds, and crowfoots are heterophyllous

— opposed to isophyllous

2. : having two or more forms of foliation of the septal margins

heterophyllous ammonites

• het·er·o·phyl·ly ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌfilē noun -es

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