Definition of Phyllome

1. n. A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.

Definition of Phyllome

1. Noun. (botany) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf. ¹

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Definition of Phyllome

1. a leaf of a plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phyllome

1. A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf. Origin: Gr. Foliage, fr. A leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyllome

phyllode
phyllodes
phyllodes tumour
phyllodia
phyllodial
phyllodies
phyllodineous
phyllodium
phyllodulcin
phyllody
phylloid
phylloids
phyllolepid
phyllolepids
phyllomania
phyllome (current term)
phyllomes
phyllomic
phyllomorphosis
phyllophagan
phyllophagous
phyllophorous
phyllopod
phyllopoda
phyllopodous
phyllopods
phylloquinone
phylloquinone reductase
phyllorhine
phyllos

Literary usage of Phyllome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"Pis'til, part of a flower which produces ovules; normally occupies the center of the flower; is a leaf structure (phyllome), and in its simplest form ..."

2. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"... is merely that which bears Leaves; Leaf (phyllome) is only that which is produced on an axial structure in the manner described in paragraphs (1-7) *. ..."

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