Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flattened leafstalk that functions as a leaf, as in an acacia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In some echinoids, one of the leaf-shaped areas into which the ambulacra are expanded.
- noun Same as phyllodium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Same as
phyllodium .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A flattened
petiole or leafrachis thatresembles andfunctions as aleaf , and may or may not be combined with an actuallamina .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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FODDER: The fodder potential is mainly due to the large phyllode biomass produced during the dry season, a period when most non-Australian acacias traditionally used for fodder shed their leaves.
Chapter 10 1996
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Seedlings are able to switch back from phyllode to true leave production when the sunlight reaching them is reduced.
Chapter 8 1996
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Its form and phyllode morphology are exceptionally variable (Midgley and Gunn 1985).
Chapter 10 1996
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Trees with different phyllode forms have been observed to have different growth rates (Fox 1980).
Chapter 10 1996
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In trials where rainfall is relatively high, the Charleville, Queensland provenance, a broad phyllode form, has grown more rapidly than provenances from central Australia (Ryan and Bell 1989).
Chapter 10 1996
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A. holosericea is perhaps the most frequently planted Australian Acacia in development projects because of its superior yield and because it retains a large phyllode biomass during the dry season, while African species shed their leaves during this period (Cossalter, 1986).
Chapter 2 1994
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The phyllode has the ability to photosynthesize and for all practical purposes, it is the equivalent of a leaf.
Chapter 2 1994
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There are 3 prominent longitudinal nerves running together towards the lower margin or in the middle near the base, with many fine crowded secondary nerves, and a distinct gland at the base of the phyllode (Pedley 1978).
Chapter 41 1990
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Seedlings are able to switch back from phyllode to true leave production when the sunlight reaching them is reduced (Walters and Bartholomew 1990).
Chapter 2 1990
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Trees with different phyllode forms have been observed to have different growth rates (Fox 1980).
Chapter 50 1990
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