| APHYLLIES | • APHYLLY n. absence of leaves. |
| APHYLLOUS | • aphyllous adj. (Botany) Having no leaves; leafless. • APHYLLOUS adj. without leaves. |
| CATAPHYLL | • cataphyll n. (Botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic… • CATAPHYLL n. a rudimentary or simplified leaf. |
| MEGAPHYLL | • megaphyll n. (Botany) A leaf having an internally branching system of veins, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf. • MEGAPHYLL n. a relatively large type of leaf produced by e.g. ferns. |
| MESOPHYLL | • mesophyll n. (Botany) The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf. • MESOPHYLL n. the photosynthetic tissue of a green plant borne beneath the epidermis, also MESOPHYL. |
| PHYLLITES | • phyllites n. Plural of phyllite. • PHYLLITE n. a foliated rock, a kind of metamorphosed mudstone. |
| PHYLLITIC | • phyllitic adj. Of or relating to phyllite. • PHYLLITIC adj. of or like phyllite, a metamorphosed mudstone with a silky sheen. |
| PHYLLODES | • phyllodes n. Plural of phyllode. • PHYLLODE n. a flattened petiole that serves as a leaf. |
| PHYLLODIA | • phyllodia n. Plural of phyllodium. • PHYLLODIUM n. a petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. |
| PHYLLOIDS | • PHYLLOID n. a leaflike assimilatory organ in brown algae. |
| PHYLLOMES | • phyllomes n. Plural of phyllome. • PHYLLOME n. a leaf of a plant. |
| PHYLLOMIC | • phyllomic adj. Relating to a phyllome. • PHYLLOMIC adj. of or like a phyllome, a leaf or homologue of a leaf. |
| PHYLLOPOD | • phyllopod n. Any of several branchiopod crustaceans whose appendages resemble leaves. • PHYLLOPOD n. one of an order of crustaceans whose swimming and respiratory appendages resemble leaves. |
| PROPHYLLS | • prophylls n. Plural of prophyll. • PROPHYLL n. a small leaf on the axis of a flower. |