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Definition of Phyllode
1. Noun. An expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade.
Definition of Phyllode
1. n. Same as Phyllodium.
Definition of Phyllode
1. Noun. (botany) A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not be combined with an actual lamina. ¹
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Definition of Phyllode
1. a flattened petiole that serves as a leaf [n -S]
Medical Definition of Phyllode
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyllode
Literary usage of Phyllode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Australia, South-east Asia and India by Kenneth M. Old (2000)
"Figures 1-12 portray the most commonly found disease symptoms and illustrate
spore types associated with phyllode rust on tropical acacias in northern ..."
2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"232, /), and the whole history of development of the phyllode conforms throughout to
... We may consider as ' typical' the phyllode which is developed in a ..."
3. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"—The movement of a young phyllode, 2f inches in length, and inclined at a
considerable angle above the horizon, was traced during 45 h. ..."
4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"The movement of a young phyllode, 2* inches in length, and inclined at a ...
the phyllode described a figure representing 5 or 6 small ellipses. ..."
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