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cataphyll definition

cata·phyll (kat′ə fil′)

noun

Etymology: ModL: see cata- & -phyll

Bot. any rudimentary leaf, as a bud scale, preceding the true foliage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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