PHYLLARY


Meaning of PHYLLARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfi-lə-rē ]

noun

( plural -ries )

Etymology: New Latin phyllarium, from Greek phyllarion, diminutive of phyllon leaf

Date: 1857

: one of the involucral bracts subtending the flower head of a composite plant

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