phyllotaxis
Americannoun
noun
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the arrangement of the leaves on a stem
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the study of this arrangement in different plants
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The former condition represents a lower, the latter condition represents a higher, order of phyllotaxis.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
There are two species of phyllotaxis, perfectly distinct, and we suppose, not mathematically reducible the one to the other, viz.:
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa
Such are the majority of the scales of the cone and represent more or less indefinite conditions of phyllotaxis.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Four quadrangular scales in mutual contact represent the condition of definite phyllotaxis.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Most of the scales of a cone are in indefinite phyllotactic relation, while definite phyllotaxis is found only at points on the cone.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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