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phyllody

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[fil-uh-dee] / ˈfɪl ə di /

noun

Botany.

  1. the abnormal transformation of a floral structure into a foliage leaf.

Etymology

Origin of phyllody

First recorded in 1885–90; phyllode + -y 3

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In instances where the organs are formed successively in spiral order, we meet with such changes as median prolification, petalody, and phyllody.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Some of the above are probably cases of mere virescence rather than of phyllody.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

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