(of flowers) having united leaves or perianth segments
gamophyllous in American English
(ˌgæməˈfɪləs)
adjective
having leaves or leaflike organs joined by their edges
gamophyllous in American English
(ˌɡæməˈfɪləs)
adjective
Botany
having leaves united by their edges
Word origin
[1870–75; gamo- + -phyllous]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, immobilize, onshore, upgrade, washout-phyllous is a combining form meaning “having leaves” of the kind or number specified by theinitial element. Other words that use the affix -phyllous include: chylophyllous, dasyphyllous, heterophyllous, hypophyllous, triphyllous