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Cataphyll

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cataphyllarynoun(botany) Describing brownish scales on the surfaces of some plants, probably derived from foliage-leaves.
acrophyllnoun(botany) In a climbing plant, a leaf produced by the mature plant, which is physically distinct from the leaves produced by the immature plant.
calycophyllnoun(botany) A leaf-like structure formed from a sepal or calyx lobe which enlarges, usually many-fold, before or after anthesis, especially when most of the sepals or calyx lobes retain their original size.
phyllocladiumnoun(botany) phylloclade
cladodenoun(botany) A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales.
hyperphyllnoun(botany) A distal part of a sprout or a leaf.
hypophyllnoun(botany) A proximal part of a sprout or a leaf.
bathyphyllnoun(botany) In a climbing plant, a leaf produced by the immature plant, which is physically distinct from the leaves produced by the mature plant.
phyllodenoun(botany) A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not be combined with an actual lamina.
prophyllnoun(botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.
calyptranoun(botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
phyllomenoun(botany) A leaf, leaflike part of a plant, or part derived from a leaf, such as a petal.
scale leafnoun(botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers.
acotyledonnoun(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
calypteranounAlternative form of calyptra. [(botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.]
phyllomorphnoun(biology) A leaf that has undergone phyllody
phyllocladenoun(botany) A flattened stem, a type of cladode that has unlimited extension growth and resembles a leaf.
cotyledonnoun(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.
cyathophyllnoun(botany) The bract-like structure of a euphorbia on which the involucre sits, usually but not always occurring in twos. They may sometimes be brightly coloured and confused with petals.
kalyptranounAlternative form of calyptra. [(botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.]

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