phyllodineous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having phyllodes, or relating to plants in which flattened leafstalks perform the function of leaf blades

   The phyllodineous acacia bears flattened phyllodes instead of ordinary mature leaves.

From New Latin phyllodineus, built on phyllodium or phyllode and the adjective suffix -eous. Phyllode ultimately combines Greek phyllon, 'leaf,' with -odes, 'resembling'; the term describes plants whose flattened petioles take over the work of leaf blades.

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