-phyllous

-phyllous

suff.

Having a specified kind or number of leaves or leaflike parts: diphyllous.

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[From New Latin -phyllus, from Greek -phullos, from phullon, leaf; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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-phyllous

adj combining form

(Botany) having leaves of a specified number or type: monophyllous.

[from Greek -phullos of a leaf]

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-phyllous

a combining form meaning “having leaves” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: diphyllous; heterophyllous.

[< Greek -phyllos, derivative of phýllon leaf; see -ous]

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