| phyllome | <botany> A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf. Origin: Gr. Foliage, fr. A leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| phyllomorphosis | <botany> The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons. Origin: NL. See Phyllo-, Morphosis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllophagan | <zoology> One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists. One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers. Origin: Phyllo- + Gr. To eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllophagous | <zoology> Substituting on leaves; leaf-eating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllophorous | <botany> Leaf-bearing; producing leaves. Origin: Phyllo- + Gr. To bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllopod | <zoology> One of the Phyllopoda. Origin: Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllopoda | <zoology> An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Synonym: Branchiopoda. In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented. Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A leaf + -poda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllopodous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phylloquinone | Vitamin K1 or K1(20); 2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone; 3-phytylmenaquinone; isolated from alfalfa;also prepared synthetically; major form of vitamin K found in plants. Synonym: phytomenadione, phytonadione, vitamin K1, vitamin K1(20). (05 Mar 2000) |
| phylloquinone reductase | nADPH dehydrogenase (quinone) |
| phyllorhine | <zoology> Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils. Origin: Phyllo- + Gr, the nose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllosoma | <marine biology> The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Synonym: glass-crab, and glass-shrimp. (06 Mar 1998) |
| phyllostome | <zoology> Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat. Origin: Phyllo- + Gr. Mouth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllotactic | <botany> Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phyllotaxis | <botany> The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves. Origin: Phyllo- + Gr. Order. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |