单词 | microphyllous |
释义 | microphyllous/mʌɪˈkrɒfɪləs/ /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈfɪləs/Botany and Ecology adjective Having small leaves; specifically having microphylls. OriginMid 19th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Smart (d. 1872), elocutionist and grammarian. From micro- + -phyllous, probably after scientific Latin microphyllus, specific epithet (Linnaeus Species Plantarum), itself probably after ancient Greek μικρόϕυλλος with small leaves. |
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