Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).
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- noun botany A
phyllode
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- noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek klados, twig + –phyll.]
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