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• -phyll

  variant of -phyllo as final element of compound words: sporophyll. also, -phyl. -phyll combining form leaf chlorophyll word origin from greek phullon

• -phyllous

  a combining form meaning “having leaves” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: diphyllous; monophyllous. -phyllous combining form having leaves of a specified number or type monophyllous word origin from greek -phullos of a leaf

• -phyre

  a combining form representing porphyry, in compound words: granophyre.

• -phyte

  variant of phyto- as final element of compound words: lithophyte. -phyte combining form indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat lithophyte, thallophyte derived forms -phytic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek phuton plant -phyte suff. a plant with a specified character or habitat: saprophyte. a pathological growth: osteophyte.

• -plasia

  a combining form with the meaning “growth, cellular multiplication,” of the kind specified by the initial element: hypoplasia. also, -plasy. -plasia combining form indicating growth, development, or change hypoplasia word origin from new latin, from greek plasis a moulding, from pl-ssein to mould -plasia comb. form denoting “formation,” mod.l., from gk. plasis “molding, formation,” from […]

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