phyllotaxis
Americannoun
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phyllotaxes
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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 law of phyllotaxis, which governs the evolution of leaves around the axis of a plant, is as nearly constant in its manifestation as any of the physical laws connected with the material world.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
Therefore phyllotaxis furnishes another distinction between the two sections of the genus, but its further employment is exceedingly restricted on account of the constant repetition of the same orders among the species.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
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 George Russell Shaw
Although we are not quite sure how Dr Falconer in tends to apply the law of phyllotaxis to illustrate his idea, we fancy that a pertinent illustration may be drawn from it in this way.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
The cone, when closed, is very narrow; its thin flat scales distinguish it from the cone of P. peuce, and its phyllotaxis from the cone of P. monticola.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
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