PHYLLODE


Meaning of PHYLLODE in English

[phyl.lode] n [NL phyllodium, fr. Gk phyllodes like a leaf, fr. phyllon leaf] (1848): a flat expanded petiole that replaces the blade of a foliage leaf, fulfills the same functions, and is analogous to a cladophyll

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