PROPHYLL

prophyll

(noun) a plant structure resembling a leaf

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prophyll (plural prophylls)

(botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.

Usage notes

Between the coining of the word and the second half of the 20th century, a great amount of confusion existed in the definitions of the word and its equivalents in French and German. Many authors believed the prophyll to be a specific structure, and specialists of the Aroidea often give it such a sense.

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