-phyllous Definition

filəs
suffix
Having a specified kind or number of leaves or leaflike parts.
Diphyllous.
American Heritage
affix
Having (a specified number or kind of) leaves, leaflets, etc.
Heterophyllous.
Webster's New World
adjective

(botany) Homologous with a leaf.

The sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.
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Origin of -phyllous

  • From New Latin -phyllus from Greek -phullos from phullon leaf bhel-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • see phyllo- & -ous

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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