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Phyllotaxis
{
Phyl′lo-taxˊy
(fĭl′lō̍-tăksˊy̆)
, Phyl′lo-taxˊis
(fĭl′lō̍-tăksˊĭs)
, } Noun.
[
Phyllo-
+ Gr. τάξισ
order.] (Bot.)
The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.
Definition 2024
phyllotaxis
phyllotaxis
English
Alternative forms
Noun
phyllotaxis (usually uncountable, plural phyllotaxes)
- (botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.
- 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:
- Yet his Lordship would find this rate of proportion […] likewise in all plants, in the disposition of their leaves, for which ordering he would make a name, that is, from the Greek, phyllotaxis.
- 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:
Translations
The arrangement of leaves on a stem
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