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phyllary

American

[fil-uh-ree] / ˈfɪl ə ri /

noun

Botany.

one of the bracts forming the involucre or the head or inflorescence of a composite plant.

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Inflected Forms

noun

phyllaries

plural

Etymology

Origin of phyllary

1855–60; < New Latin phyllarium < Greek phyllárion, diminutive of phýllon leaf

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