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Definition of Microphyllous
1. a. Small- leaved.
Definition of Microphyllous
1. Adjective. (context: Phytotomy) Of or having microphyll leaves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Microphyllous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Microphyllous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Microphyllous
Literary usage of Microphyllous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as Conditioned by Climatic Factors by Forrest Shreve (1915)
"Krameria glandulosa, microphyllous, evergreen. 1 to 2 m. ... Olneya tesota,
microphyllous, evergreen (foliage occasionally ..."
2. The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as Conditioned by Climatic Factors by Forrest Shreve (1915)
"Olneya tesota, microphyllous, evergreen (foliage occasionally ... Zizyphus lycioides
var. canescens, microphyllous, evergreen 1 to 2 m. ..."
3. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1900)
"... imbricated (except near the end of a stem or branch); branches not microphyllous.
... some of the branches microphyllous and of short, limited growth. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... which is the internal expression of their microphyllous, ... were probably
derived from a microphyllous ..."
5. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"... these the microphyllous would be derived by widespread reduction. Putting aside
the collateral speculations of Tansley to which exception may be taken, ..."
6. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"... on a somewhat longer microphyllous branch; bracts in three to six pairs, ...
borne in dense masses at the tips of microphyllous stems or branches. ..."
7. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"... sparingly and irregularly branched, the branches sometimes microphyllous :
rhizoids scanty : leaves distant to imbricated, the lobe obliquely spreading, ..."
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