prophyll

(ˈprəʊfɪl) n (Botany) one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow

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prophyll - a plant structure resembling a leafplant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus

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Prophyll

one of the tiny reduced leaves near the base of a lateral branch. Dicotyledonous plants have two prophylls. Monocotyledons have one prophyll, which is usually bicarinate; this indicates its formation by means of the concrescence of two prophylls (a characteristic attesting to the secondariness of monocotyledons). Prophylls located near an inflorescence and lateral flowers are called bracts.

prophyll

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noun a plant structure resembling a leaf

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plant part
plant structure

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