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a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Having unequal leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; irregular + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Having leaves irregularly placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Caryophyllaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. cyathophyllum, fr. Gr. ky`aqos a cup + fy`llon a leaf. ] (Paleon.) Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil coral of the family Cyathophyllidæ; sometimes extended to fossil corals of other related families belonging to the group Rugosa; -- also called cup corals. Thay are found in paleozoic rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. deca- + Gr. &unr_; leaf: cf. F. décaphylle. ] (Bot.) Having ten leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + fy`llon leaf: cf. F. diphylle. ] (Bot.) Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; eleven + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Endo- + Gr. fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'epi` + fy`llon leaf + spe`rma seed. ] (Bot.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns. Harris (1710). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'epi` + fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; . ] (Bot.) Not sheathed in another leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; marriage + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent). Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepta- + Gr. &unr_; leaf: cf. F. heptaphylle. ] (Bot.) Having seven leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; leaf: cf. F. hétérophylle. ] (Bot.) Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hexa- + Gr. &unr_; a leaf: cf. F. hexaphylle. ] (Bot.) Having six leaves or leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. leyko`fyllos; leyko`s white + fy`llon a leaf. ] (Bot.) Having white or silvery foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Macro- + Gr. &unr_; a leaf. ] (Bot.) Having long or large leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Micro- + Gr. fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Small-leaved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. mono`fyllos; mo`nos alone + fy`llon leaf: cf. F. monophylle. ] (Bot.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; numberless + fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + Gr. &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Having five leaves or leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form from Gr. fy`llon a leaf; as, phyllopod, phyllotaxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Phyllobranciæ [ NL. See Phyllo-, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n.; pl. Phyllocladia [ NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + kla`dos a sprout. ] (Bot.) A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.
Syn. -- cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus consisting of celery pine.
Syn. -- genus Phyllocladus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Phyllo- + cyanin. ] (Chem.) A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [ Written also phyllocyanine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + cyst. ] (Zool.) The cavity of a hydrophyllium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Phyllodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having phyllodia; relating to phyllodia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Phyllodia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; leaflike; fy`llon leaf + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Phyllodium. ] (Bot.) A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Phyllo- + -oid. ] Resembling a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + mania. ] (Bot.) An abnormal or excessive production of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fy`llwma foliage, fr. fy`llon a leaf. ] (Bot.) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Phyllo-, Morphosis. ] (Bot.) The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons. R. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + Gr. fagei^n to eat. ] (Zool.) (a) One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists. (b) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Substituting on leaves; leaf-eating. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Phyllo- + Gr. fe`rein to bear. ] (Bot.) Leaf-bearing; producing leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Phyllopoda. [ Also used adjectively. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + -poda. ] (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented. Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Phyllo- + Gr. "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Phyllo-, and -some body. ] (Zool.) The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + Gr. sto`ma mouth. ] (Zool.) Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A phyllostome. [ 1913 Webster ]