- microphyllous
- adjective see microphyll
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
microphyllous
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Microphyllous — Mi*croph yl*lous, a. [Micro + Gr. fy llon leaf.] (Bot.) Small leaved. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
microphyllous — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|filəs adjective Etymology: micr + phyllous 1. : having small leaves the microphyllous plants of desert regions 2. : having leaves with a single unbranched vein a microphyllous lycopod compare macrophyllous * * * microphyl … Useful english dictionary
microphyllous — adjective Of or having microphyll leaves Ant: megaphyllous … Wiktionary
microphyllous — mi·cro·phyl·lous … English syllables
microphyllous — a. having minute leaves … Dictionary of difficult words
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microphyll — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1908 1. a leaf (as of a club moss) with single unbranched veins and no demonstrable gap around the leaf trace 2. a small leaf • microphyllous adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Microphyll — This article is about leaf vasculature and evolution. For other uses, see Microphyll (disambiguation). Megaphyll leaves display a complex network of veins. The terminology of fossil plants is in places a little confusing. In the discipline s 200+ … Wikipedia
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Evolutionary history of plants — Plants have evolved through increasing levels of complexity, from the earliest algal mats, through bryophytes, lycopods, ferns and gymnosperms to the complex angiosperms of today. While the simple plants continue to thrive, especially in the… … Wikipedia
