phyllophoren.
/ˈfɪlə(ʊ)fɔː/, U.S. /ˈfɪləˌfɔr/ Botany. Now rare.
The part of a plant stem, esp. of a palm tree, from which a leaf or branch grows; a node.
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1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) I. 227 The growing point, or phyllophore [of Mirbel].
1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. iii. 132 That portion of a palm-stem which lies above the lowest active leaves..is of a conical shape..often much elongated, and carries all the new and forming leaves. It is known as the Phyllophore.
1938 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 25 335/1 The stem and the several phyllophores are embedded in a mass or sort of ramentum of small, densely packed roots.
1993 W. N. Stewart & G. W. Rothwell Palaeobotany (ed. 2) xvii. 219 The etapteroid type occurs where the peripheral loop is temporary as in Diplolabis..or permanently open as in the H-shaped phyllophores of Etapteris.
1997 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 84 89/1 Main axes (= phyllophore of some authors) are identified in the suite of specimens by the laterals that they bear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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