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phyllodium

[fi-loh-dee-uh m]

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noun, plural phyl·lo·di·a [fi-loh-dee-uh] /fɪˈloʊ di ə/.

Origin of phyllodium

1840–50; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek phyllṓd(ēs) leaflike (see phyllode) + New Latin -ium -ium

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Historical Examples of phyllodium

To emphasize this difference, botanists call such an apparent leaf a phyllodium, or phyllode.
Evolution
Joseph Le Conte