ft:phyllode

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phyllode
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phyllode: A leaf deemed to consist entirely or almost entirely of tissues evolutionarily derived from the petiole, all or a distal portion of which has become expanded and blade-like, the original blade reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality.[1]
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Example(s): Example sentences from FNA : [1] Leaves usually paripinnate, with rachis terminating in a tendril, bristle, or mucro, very rarely imparipinnate or reduced to a phyllode; [2] submerged leaves linear or reduced to a phyllode, 4–5 cm × 2–4 mm.

References

  1. Categorical Glossary for the Flora of North America Project, by Robert W. Kiger and Duncan M. Porter. 2001. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.