phylloclade

phylloclade
phyllocladioid, adj.
/fil"euh klayd'/, n. Bot.
1. a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
2. a cladophyll.
[1855-60; < NL phyllocladium. See PHYLLO-, CLAD-, -IUM]

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