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Definition of Cataphyll
1. Noun. A reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development.
Definition of Cataphyll
1. Noun. (botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cataphyll
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Medical Definition of Cataphyll
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Literary usage of Cataphyll
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"Goebel points out, truly enough, that there is no such thing as a leaf rudiment,
but only bud-scale rudiments, sporophyll rudiments, cataphyll rudiments, ..."
2. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... high, aloft, ф(\\ое, a leaf), a bract of the inflorescence, a reduced or
modified leaf toward» the upper end of a «hoot, </. cataphyll ; Germ. ..."
3. Dictionary of Botanical Equivalents, French-English, German-English by Ernst Artschwager, Edwina Maria Smiley (1921)
"... a tension quotient equal to zero entire suppression of an organ scale, cataphyll
protective sheath of subterranean stem subex spheroidal undergrowth, ..."
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