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cladophyll definition

clado·phyll (klad′ə fil′)

noun

a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf

Etymology: < Gr klados, a branch (see holt) + phyllon, leaf: see -phyll

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