Definition of phyllode in English:
phyllode
noun
BotanyA winged leaf stalk which functions as a leaf.
‘A colony is initiated by a single female (or, in some species, a single female with a male) who induces gall formation on a growing phyllode of a host Acacia tree.’- ‘Most Australian wattles lose these true leaves as they grow, and develop instead the leaf-like organ called a phyllode.’
stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
Pronunciation
Origin
Mid 19th century from modern Latin phyllodium, from Greek phullōdēs ‘leaflike’, from phullon ‘leaf’.
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