phyllodium

[ fi-loh-dee-uh m ]

/ fɪˈloʊ di əm /

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

Nearby words

phyllo, phyllo-, phylloclade, phyllocladous, phyllode, phyllodium, phyllody, phyllogenetic, phylloid, phyllomania, phyllome

Origin of phyllodium

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

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Examples from the Web for phyllodium

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