phyllomania

American

[fil-uh-may-nee-uh, -mayn-yuh] / ˌfɪl əˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn jə /

noun

Botany.

the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.

Other Word Forms

phyllomaniac

adjective

Etymology

Origin of phyllomania

First recorded in 1660–70; phyllo- + -mania

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phyllomania

Adventitious formation of leaves.—The term phyllomania has been vaguely applied both to the production of an unwonted number of leaves and to their development in unusual situations.

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

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