phyl·lo·clade

(fĭl′ə-klād′) also phyl·lo·clad (-klăd′)

A flattened, photosynthetic branch or stem that resembles or performs the function of a leaf; a cladode.

[New Latin phyllocladium : phyllo- + Greek klados, branch.]

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phylloclade

(ˈfɪləʊˌkleɪd) or

phylloclad

(Botany) other names for cladode

[C19: from New Latin phyllocladium, from phyllo- + Greek klados branch]

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phylloclade - a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf

cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad

stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

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The genus Rhipsalis is consisted of epiphytes or rupicola cacti, with cylindrical or flattened phylloclade that can reach more than two meters long.

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In Phyllocladus the cone is very simple and borne on the margin of the basal segments of the phylloclade (Fig.

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