aphyllous

American

[ey-fil-uhs] / eɪˈfɪl əs /

adjective

Botany.

naturally leafless.

aphyllous British

/ əˈfɪləs /

adjective

(of plants) having no leaves

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aphyllous Scientific

/ ā-fĭl′əs /

Bearing no leaves; leafless. Aphyllous plants conduct photosynthesis in their stems and branches.

Other Word Forms

aphylly noun

Etymology

Origin of aphyllous

1820–30; < New Latin aphyllus < Greek áphyllos leafless. See a- ⁶, -phyllous

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Both are finally distinguishable from the type by their longer stalks, which are more decidedly aphyllous, and by their later flowering.

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A, at the beginning of words of Greek derivation, commonly signifies a negative, or the absence of something; as apetalous, without petals; aphyllous, leafless, &c.

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