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P0274500 (fĭl′ōd) also phyl·lo·di·um (fĭ-lō′dē-əm)n. pl. phyl·lodes also phyl·lo·di·a (-lō′dē-ə) A flattened leafstalk that functions as a leaf, as in an acacia.

[New Latin phyllōdium, from Greek phullōdēs, leaflike : phullon, leaf; see phyllo- + -ōdēs, adj. suff.; see collodion.]

phyl·lo′di·al adj.

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n (Botany) a flattened leafstalk that resembles and functions as a leaf[C19: from New Latin phyllodium, from Greek phullōdēs leaflike] phylˈlodial adj

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n. an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade. [1840–50; < Greek phyllṓdēs leaflike. See phyllo-, -ode¹] phyl•lo′di•al, adj.

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phyllode - an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf bladeleafstalk, petiole - the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf

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[′fi‚lōd] (botany) A broad, flat petiole that replaces the blade of a foliage leaf. (invertebrate zoology) A petal-shaped group of ambulacra near the mouth of certain echinoderms.

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a petiole that is broadened in the shape of a leaf and fulfills the functions of the leaf blade, which is absent or partially reduced. Phyllodes are present in many Australian acacias and in some Australian cassias. Phyllodes characterize a number of plants that grow in the USSR, including Lathyrus missolia. Phyllodes apparently serve as an adaptation to a decrease in transpiration.

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(fil'ōd), A flattened leaflike petiole; applied to any structure resembling a leaf, especially to a cross-section of a neoplasm with a foliated structure, such as cystosarcoma phyllodes. [G. phyllōdēs, like leaves, fr. phyllon, leaf, + eidos, resemblance]

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an unusual type of leaf in which the lamina is absent but the petiole is so flattened as to appear like a normal leaf, and there is still an axillary bud in the leaf node. Phyllodes are found, for example, in the grass vetch, Lathyrus nissolia.

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noun an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade

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