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单词 cataphyllary
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cataphyllaryadj.

/katəˈfɪləri/
Etymology: < Greek κατά down, degraded + ϕύλλον leaf + -ary suffix1.
Botany.
cataphyllary leaves n. the colourless or brownish scales found on various parts of plants, esp. underground, regarded as modifications of foliage-leaves.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun] > scale-leaves or bracts
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cataphyllary leaves1875
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. i. iii. 193 Scale- or ‘Cataphyllary-Leaves’ are usually produced on underground shoots..although they also frequently occur above ground, especially as an envelope to the winter-buds of woody plants (as the horse-chestnut, oak, etc.).
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