Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having small leaves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Small-leaved.
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- adjective Phytotomy Of or having
microphyll leaves
Etymologies
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Examples
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The mesophilous semideciduous forest with fluctuating moisture has an arboreal story 8-15 m high, an undergrowth of microphyllous and thorny deciduous species (with leaves 1-6 cm long), and a rich herbaceous layer formed by numerous geophytes.
Cuban dry forests 2008
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Dry-hot savanna-like ecosystem appears in river valley areas of the lower reaches of the Lancang and Jinsha rivers, while microphyllous shrublands (desert) ecosystem of dry-warm river valleys occurs in the upper reaches of the Lancang and Jinsha rivers.
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It is classified according to the predominance of specific leaf length as mesophilous (13-26 centimeters (cm)) or microphyllous (1-6 cm), coastal and subcoastal.
Cuban dry forests 2008
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Thickets of mixed microphyllous and broad-leaved woodland subject to salt spray and wind occur on seaward-facing dune slopes (Eugenia, Brachylaena, Euclea, Diosporos and Mimusops species).
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Composition also includes a high mesophyl umbellate (Peucedanum morisonii) on chernozem soils with microphyllous deciduous woods (Betula pendula, Populus tremula).
Kazakh upland 2008
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An exception is some of the special types of formation (mogotes, coastal microphyllous evergreen forest, subhumid forests, cuabales) that have a higher percentage of endemisms and more distinctive flora.
Cuban dry forests 2008
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The coastal and subcoastal microphyllous evergreen forest, also called "dry mountain" forest in Cuba, characteristically establishes itself over coastal limestone.
Cuban dry forests 2008
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Habitat types characteristic to this area include petrophitic steppes with shrubs and brushwoods, granite rock pinewoods in the low mountains, and microphyllous woods associated with lakes and wetlands.
Kazakh upland 2008
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Parallel mountain ranges are separated by deep, narrowly incised river valleys that support drought-adapted microphyllous scrub vegetation at subtropical elevations (below 2,000 meters (m)).
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Woody plants show three ecological strategies: deciduous woody in summer: Thamnoseris lacerata var. lobata (Asteraceae-Cichoroideae), the only tree on the island. bushy woody, evergreen, microphyllous (small leafed): Frankenia vidalii (Frankeniaceae) and Atriplex chapinii (Chenopodiaceae). woody, bushy, with succulent leaves: Suaeda nesophila (Chenopodiaceae) and Maireana brevifolia (Chenopodiaceae).
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