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- English Word Phyllo- Definition A combining form from Gr. / a leaf; as, phyllopod, phyllotaxy.
- English Word Phyllobranchia Definition A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.
- English Word Phyllobranciae Definition of Phyllobranchia
- English Word Phyllocladia Definition of Phyllocladium
- English Word Phyllocladium Definition A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.
- English Word Phyllocyanin Definition A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
- English Word Phyllocyst Definition The cavity of a hydrophyllium.
- English Word Phyllode Definition Same as Phyllodium.
- English Word Phyllodia Definition of Phyllodium
- English Word Phyllodineous Definition Having phyllodia; relating to phyllodia.
- English Word Phyllodium Definition A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.
- English Word Phyllody Definition A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves.
- English Word Phylloid Definition Resembling a leaf.
- English Word Phylloltomid Definition A phyllostome.
- English Word Phyllomania Definition An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.
- English Word Phyllome Definition A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.
- English Word Phyllomorphosis Definition The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons.
- English Word Phyllophagan Definition One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.
- English Word Phyllophagan Definition One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers.
- English Word Phyllophagous Definition Substituting on leaves; leaf-eating.
- English Word Phyllophorous Definition Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.
- English Word Phyllopod Definition One of the Phyllopoda. [Also used adjectively.]
- English Word Phyllopoda Definition An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda.
- English Word Phyllopodous Definition Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda.
- English Word Phyllorhine Definition Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.
- English Word Phyllosoma Definition The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp.
- English Word Phyllostome Definition Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
- English Word Phyllotactic Definition Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.
- English Word Phyllotaxis Definition The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.
- English Word Phyllotaxy Definition Alt. of Phyllotaxis