heterophyllous
adjective
having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
heterophylly
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a word derived from
heterophyllous.
Example Sentences
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This is the condition to which the term heterophylly properly applies.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
Certain species of the southern hemisphere genus Dacrydium afford particularly striking instances of heterophylly, e.g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
