phylloid

Definitions


[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Resembling a leaf; having parts resembling leaves.


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Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From ancient Greek ϕύλλον leaf + -oid, after post-classical Latin phylloideus


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- An organ resembling a leaf in form and function, though not considered homologous with a true leaf; a leaflike structure in an alga.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From ancient Greek ϕύλλον leaf + -oid, after post-classical Latin phylloideus




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