PHYLLODE


Meaning of PHYLLODE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfi-ˌlōd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin phyllodium, from Greek phyllōdēs like a leaf, from phyllon leaf

Date: 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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