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Phylloid

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• Phyllomania

  [fil-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] /ˌfɪl əˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə/ noun, Botany. 1. the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.

• Phyllome

  [fil-ohm] /ˈfɪl oʊm/ noun, Botany. 1. a leaf of a plant. 2. a structure corresponding to a plant leaf. /ˈfɪləʊm/ noun 1. a leaf or a leaflike organ phyllome (fĭl’ōm’) A leaf or a plant part that evolved from a leaf.

• Phyllophagous

  [fi-lof-uh-guh s] /fɪˈlɒf ə gəs/ adjective, Zoology. 1. (of an organism) feeding on leaves. adj. “leaf-eating,” 1819, from phyllo- + -phagous.

• Phyllophobia

  noun a fear of leaves Word Origin phyllo- ‘leaf’

• Phyllophore

  [fil-uh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈfɪl əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ noun, Botany. 1. the terminal bud of a stem, especially of the stem of a palm.

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