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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.

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phyllotaxis

phyllotaxis

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phyllotaxis (usually uncountable, plural phyllotaxes)

  1. (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.

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