-phyllous

-phyllous

suff. Having a specified kind or number of leaves or leaflike parts: diphyllous.
[From New Latin -phyllus, from Greek -phullos, from phullon, leaf; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

-phyllous

adj combining form (Botany) having leaves of a specified number or type: monophyllous. [from Greek -phullos of a leaf]

-phyllous

a combining form meaning “having leaves” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: diphyllous; heterophyllous. [< Greek -phyllos, derivative of phýllon leaf; see -ous]