| phyllomorphosis | <botany> The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons. Origin: NL. See Phyllo-, Morphosis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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) |
| phyllotaxy | <plant biology> The arrangement of the leaves on the stem. The three common positions are alternate, opposite, and verticillate. When spiral, often expressed quantitatively as the fraction of the circumference of the stem that separates two successive leaves. (09 Oct 1997) |