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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Phyllodia

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] leaflike;

φύλλον

leaf +

εἶδοσ

form.]

(Bot.)

A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.

phyllodium ‎(plural phyllodia)

(botany) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.