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cladophyll

[klad-uh-fil, kley-duh-]
noun Botany.
  1. a leaflike flattened branch that resembles and functions as a leaf.
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Origin of cladophyll

First recorded in 1875–80; clado- + -phyll
Also called cladode.
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British Dictionary definitions for cladophyll

cladophyll

noun
  1. another name for cladode
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Word Origin

C19: from Greek klados branch + phullon leaf
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cladophyll in Science

cladophyll

[klăd′ə-fĭl′]
  1. A photosynthetic branch or portion of a stem that resembles and functions as a leaf, as the pad of a prickly-pear cactus. Also called cladode
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