Definition of phyllous

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Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..

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Pleiophyllous :: Pleiophyllous (a.) Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.
Tetraphyllous :: Tetraphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or leaflets.
Stenosis :: Stenophyllous (a.) Having narrow leaves.
Caryophyllous :: Caryophyllous (a.) Caryophyllaceous.
Podophyllous :: Podophyllous (a.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof..
Heptaphyllous :: Heptaphyllous (a.) Having seven leaves.
Hypophyllous :: Hypophyllous (a.) Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns..
Anomophyllous :: Anomophyllous (a.) Having leaves irregularly placed.
Xiphophyllous :: Xiphophyllous (a.) Having sword-shaped leaves.
Hexaphyllous :: Hexaphyllous (a.) Having six leaves or leaflets.
Myriophyllous :: Myriophyllous (a.) Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves.
Monophyllous :: Monophyllous (a.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx..
Epiphyllous :: Epiphyllous (a.) Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf..
Anisophyllous :: Anisophyllous (a.) Having unequal leaves.
Endecaphyllous :: Endecaphyllous (a.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
Phyllous :: Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..
Subpoena :: Subpodophyllous (a.) Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot.
Diphyllous :: Diphyllous (a.) Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc..
Aphyllous :: Aphyllous (a.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc..
Heterophyllous :: Heterophyllous (a.) Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
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