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phylloid, a. and n.|ˈfɪlɔɪd| [f. mod.L. phylloīdēs, f. Gr. ϕύλλ-ον leaf: see -oid.] a. adj. Resembling a leaf; foliaceous. b. n. A part in lower plants, analogous to or resembling a leaf.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Phylloides,..applied by Mirbel to parts which have the form of leaves, that is, which are flattened and herbaceous, as the stem of the Cactus phyllanthus: phylloid. Ibid. s.v. Phyllosoma, A crustaceous animal with phylloid or bladder-like sacs attached to the hinder part of the body. 1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 211 For the sake of finding an expression for these relationships in Algæ..the leaf-like appendages might be termed Phylloids, the root-like appendages Rhizoids. So phyˈlloidal, phyˈlloideous adjs. = prec. a.
1866Treas. Bot., Phylloideous, the same as Foliaceous. 1888Henslow Orig. Floral Struct. xxx. 302 The ovules then undergo phylloidal changes of different degrees. |