Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, being or formed within a sheaf, as the young leaves of monocotyledons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Wrapped in a
leaf orsheath .
Etymologies
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endo- + phyllous
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