单词 | phyllophyte |
释义 | > as lemmasphyllophyte phyllophyte n. Brit. /ˈfɪlə(ʊ)fʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˈfɪləˌfaɪt/ [after German Phyllophyt (1873 in the passage translated in quot. 1875)] Botany rare a member of a major division of plants characterized as structurally based upon or possessing true leaves (cf. thallophyte n.).ΚΠ 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 130 In contradistinction to Thallus-plants (Thallophytes), all plants in which leaves can be..distinguished might be termed Phyllophytes. 1904 Science 21 Oct. 527/2 He concluded that the axis is simply composed of the fusion of the leaf bases; that the leaves are not appendicular organs, but central organs.., and accordingly that the higher plants are not cormophytes at all, but phyllophytes. < as lemmas |
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