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Webster 1913 Edition


Ptyxis


Ptyx′is

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
πτύξισ
a folding.]
(Bot.)
The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.

Definition 2024


ptyxis

ptyxis

English

Noun

ptyxis (uncountable)

  1. (botany) The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud.

Usage notes

The arrangement of several leaves is called vernation or prefoliation.