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Phyllo-
(gcide) | Phyllo- \Phyl"lo-\
A combining form from Gr. fy`llon a leaf; as, phyllopod,
phyllotaxy.
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Adenophyllous
(gcide) | Adenophyllous \Ad`e*noph"yl*lous\, a. [Adeno- + Gr. fy`llon
leaf.] (Bot.)
Having glands on the leaves.
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Anisophyllous
(gcide) | Anisophyllous \An`i*soph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having unequal leaves.
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Anomophyllous
(gcide) | Anomophyllous \An`o*moph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ? irregular + ?
leaf.] (Bot.)
Having leaves irregularly placed.
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Aphyllon Ludovicianum
(gcide) | Broom rape \Broom" rape`\ (Bot.)
A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia.
They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of
leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of
other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The
name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this
genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand Aphyllon Ludovicianum.
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Aphyllon uniflorum
(gcide) | Broom rape \Broom" rape`\ (Bot.)
A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia.
They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of
leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of
other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The
name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this
genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand Aphyllon Ludovicianum.
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Aphyllous
(gcide) | Aphyllous \Aph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? leaf.] (Bot.)
Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain
euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
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Astragalus glycyphyllos
(gcide) | Milk vetch \Milk" vetch`\ (Bot.)
A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and
Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
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Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus
Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred
species in North America, and even more elsewhere.
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Caryophyllous
(gcide) | Caryophyllous \Car`y*oph"yl*lous\, a.
Caryophyllaceous.
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Cyathophylloid
(gcide) | Cyathophylloid \Cy`a*tho*phyl"loid\ (s?`?-th?-f?l"loid), a. [NL.
cyathophyllum, fr. Gr. ky`aqos a cup + fy`llon a leaf.]
(Paleon.)
Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllid[ae].
[1913 Webster]Cyathophylloid \Cy`a*tho*phyl"loid\, n. (Paleon.)
A fossil coral of the family Cyathophyllid[ae]; sometimes
extended to fossil corals of other related families belonging
to the group Rugosa; -- also called cup corals. Thay are
found in paleozoic rocks.
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Decaphyllous
(gcide) | Decaphyllous \De*caph"yl*lous\, a. [Pref. deca- + Gr. ? leaf:
cf. F. d['e]caphylle.] (Bot.)
Having ten leaves.
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Diphyllodes magnifica
(gcide) | Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), n. [OE. & F.
paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to
Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear,
and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]
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1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
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2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
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To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
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It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow.
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3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
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The earth
Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
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Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
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4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
before a basilica, etc.
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5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo.
Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under
Pepper.
Paradise bird. (Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among
the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
superba}); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and
the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The
long-billed paradise birds (Epimachin[ae]) also include
some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow,
and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise
in the Vocabulary.
Paradise fish (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish
(Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is
often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
Paradise flycatcher (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus
Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is
white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.
Paradise grackle (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New
Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety
plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut.
[Local, U. S.]
Paradise whidah bird. (Zool.) See Whidah.
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Diphyllous
(gcide) | Diphyllous \Diph"yl*lous\ (d[i^]f"[i^]l*l[u^]s or
d[-i]*f[i^]l"-), a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + fy`llon leaf:
cf. F. diphylle.] (Bot.)
Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc.
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Endecaphyllous
(gcide) | Endecaphyllous \En`de*caph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ? eleven + ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
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Endophyllous
(gcide) | Endophyllous \En*doph"yl*lous\, a. [Endo- + Gr. fy`llon leaf.]
(Bot.)
Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
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Epiphyllospermous
(gcide) | Epiphyllospermous \Ep`i*phyl`lo*sper"mous\, a. [Gr. 'epi` +
fy`llon leaf + spe`rma seed.] (Bot.)
Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns. --Harris
(1710).
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Epiphyllous
(gcide) | Epiphyllous \E*piph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. 'epi` + fy`llon leaf.]
(Bot.)
Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.
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Exophyllous
(gcide) | Exophyllous \Ex*oph"yl*lous\, a. [Exo- + Gr. ? .] (Bot.)
Not sheathed in another leaf.
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Gamophyllous
(gcide) | Gamophyllous \Ga*moph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ? marriage + ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).
--Gray.
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Heptaphyllous
(gcide) | Heptaphyllous \Hep*taph"yl*lous\, a. [Hepta- + Gr. ? leaf: cf.
F. heptaphylle.] (Bot.)
Having seven leaves.
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Heterophyllous
(gcide) | Heterophyllous \Het`er*oph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ? other + ? leaf:
cf. F. h['e]t['e]rophylle.] (Bot.)
Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.
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Hexaphyllous
(gcide) | Hexaphyllous \Hex*aph"yl*lous\, a. [Hexa- + Gr. ? a leaf: cf. F.
hexaphylle.] (Bot.)
Having six leaves or leaflets.
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Hypophyllous
(gcide) | Hypophyllous \Hy*poph"yl*lous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit
dots of ferns.
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Leptoglossus phyllopus
(gcide) | Leaf-footed \Leaf"-foot`ed\, a. (Zool.)
Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain
insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus).
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Leucophyllous
(gcide) | Leucophyllous \Leu*coph"yl*lous\ (l[-u]*k[o^]f"[i^]l*l[u^]s or
l[=u]`k[-o]*f[i^]l"l[u^]s), a. [Gr. leyko`fyllos; leyko`s
white + fy`llon a leaf.] (Bot.)
Having white or silvery foliage.
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Macrophyllous
(gcide) | Macrophyllous \Ma*croph"yl*lous\, a. [Macro- + Gr. ? a leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having long or large leaves.
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Microphyllous
(gcide) | Microphyllous \Mi*croph"yl*lous\, a. [Micro- + Gr. fy`llon
leaf.] (Bot.)
Small-leaved.
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Monophyllous
(gcide) | Monophyllous \Mo*noph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. mono`fyllos; mo`nos
alone + fy`llon leaf: cf. F. monophylle.] (Bot.)
One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous
involucre or calyx.
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Myriophyllous
(gcide) | Myriophyllous \Myr`i*oph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ? numberless +
fy`llon leaf.] (Bot.)
Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves.
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Pentaphyllous
(gcide) | Pentaphyllous \Pen*taph"yl*lous\, a. [Penta- + Gr. ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having five leaves or leaflets.
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Phyllobranchia
(gcide) | Phyllobranchia \Phyl`lo*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl. Phyllobranci[ae].
[NL. See Phyllo-, and Branchia.] (Zool.)
A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.
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Phyllobranciae
(gcide) | Phyllobranchia \Phyl`lo*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl. Phyllobranci[ae].
[NL. See Phyllo-, and Branchia.] (Zool.)
A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.
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phylloclade
(gcide) | phylloclade \phylloclade\, phyllocladium \phyl`lo*cla"di*um\,
n.; pl. Phyllocladia. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf +
kla`dos a sprout.] (Bot.)
A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a
leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards
respiration and assimilation.
Syn: cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad.
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Phyllocladia
(gcide) | phylloclade \phylloclade\, phyllocladium \phyl`lo*cla"di*um\,
n.; pl. Phyllocladia. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf +
kla`dos a sprout.] (Bot.)
A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a
leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards
respiration and assimilation.
Syn: cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad.
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phyllocladium
(gcide) | phylloclade \phylloclade\, phyllocladium \phyl`lo*cla"di*um\,
n.; pl. Phyllocladia. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf +
kla`dos a sprout.] (Bot.)
A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a
leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards
respiration and assimilation.
Syn: cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad.
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Phyllocladus
(gcide) | Phyllocladus \Phyllocladus\ prop. n.
A genus consisting of celery pine.
Syn: genus Phyllocladus.
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Phyllocyanin
(gcide) | Phyllocyanin \Phyl`lo*cy"a*nin\, n. [Phyllo- + cyanin.] (Chem.)
A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [Written
also phyllocyanine.]
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phyllocyanine
(gcide) | Phyllocyanin \Phyl`lo*cy"a*nin\, n. [Phyllo- + cyanin.] (Chem.)
A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [Written
also phyllocyanine.]
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Phyllocyst
(gcide) | Phyllocyst \Phyl"lo*cyst\, n. [Phyllo- + cyst.] (Zool.)
The cavity of a hydrophyllium.
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Phyllode
(gcide) | Phyllode \Phyl"lode\, n. (Bot.)
Same as Phyllodium.
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Phyllodia
(gcide) | Phyllodium \Phyl*lo"di*um\, n.; pl. Phyllodia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
leaflike; fy`llon leaf + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.)
A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with
vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.
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Phyllodineous
(gcide) | Phyllodineous \Phyl`lo*din"eous\, a. (Bot.)
Having phyllodia; relating to phyllodia.
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Phyllodium
(gcide) | Phyllodium \Phyl*lo"di*um\, n.; pl. Phyllodia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
leaflike; fy`llon leaf + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.)
A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with
vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.
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Phyllody
(gcide) | Phyllody \Phyl"lo*dy\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*d[y^]), n. [See
Phyllodium.] (Bot.)
A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the
condition of leaves.
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Phylloid
(gcide) | Phylloid \Phyl"loid\ (f[i^]l"loid), a. [Phyllo- + -oid.]
Resembling a leaf.
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Phyllomania
(gcide) | Phyllomania \Phyl`lo*ma"ni*a\ (f[i^]l`l[-o]*m[=a]"n[i^]*[.a]),
n. [Phyllo- + mania.] (Bot.)
An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.
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phyllome
(gcide) | phyllome \phyl"lome\ (f[i^]l"l[=o]m), n. [Gr. fy`llwma foliage,
fr. fy`llon a leaf.] (Bot.)
A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf,
or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.
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Phyllomorphosis
(gcide) | Phyllomorphosis \Phyl`lo*mor*pho"sis\, n. [NL. See Phyllo-,
Morphosis.] (Bot.)
The succession and variation of leaves during different
seasons. --R. Brown.
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Phyllophagan
(gcide) | Phyllophagan \Phyl*loph"a*gan\, n. [Phyllo- + Gr. fagei^n to
eat.] (Zool.)
(a) One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.
(b) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of
plants, as the chafers.
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Phyllophagous
(gcide) | Phyllophagous \Phyl*loph"a*gous\, a. (Zool.)
Substituting on leaves; leaf-eating.
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Phyllophorous
(gcide) | Phyllophorous \Phyl*loph"o*rous\, a. [Phyllo- + Gr. fe`rein to
bear.] (Bot.)
Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.
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phyllopod
(gcide) | phyllopod \phyl"lo*pod\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*p[o^]d), n. (Zool.)
One of the Phyllopoda.
Note: [Also used adjectively.]
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Phyllopoda
(gcide) | Phyllopoda \Phyl*lop"o*da\ (f[i^]l*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), prop. n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + -poda.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species,
most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or
leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in
swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda}.
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Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell
(Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped
carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there
is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented.
Sometimes the group is made to include also the
Cladocera.
[1913 Webster]Branchiopoda \Bran"chi*o*poda\, n. pl. [Gr. ? gill + -poda: cf.
F. branchiopode.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of
branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of
gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus,
Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt
lakes. It is also called {Phyllopoda}. See Phyllopoda,
Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.
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Phyllopodous
(gcide) | Phyllopodous \Phyl*lop"o*dous\ (f[i^]l*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[u^]s), a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda.
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Phyllorhine
(gcide) | Phyllorhine \Phyl"lo*rhine\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*r[imac]n), a. [Phyllo-
+ Gr. "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of
bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.
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Phylloscopus sibilatrix
(gcide) | Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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Phylloscopus trochilus
(gcide) | Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including
many species, most of which are characterized often used
as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A
wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." --Sir W.
Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
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And I must wear the willow garland
For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell.
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2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
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Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See
under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zool.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), a greenish European stone fly
(Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides}).
Willow grouse (Zool.), the white ptarmigan. See
ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.)
(a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
See under Reed.
(b) A sparrow (Passer salicicolus) native of Asia,
Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
tea. --McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's
thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), a very small European warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird,
haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William,
Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
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Phyllosoma
(gcide) | Glass-crab \Glass"-crab`\, n. (Zool.)
The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and
allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines,
thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.
[1913 Webster]Phyllosoma \Phyl`lo*so"ma\ (f[i^]l`l[-o]*s[=o]"m[.a]), n. [NL.
See Phyllo-, and -some body.] (Zool.)
The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied
genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent;
the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and
glass-shrimp.
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Phyllostachys aurea
(gcide) | gosan-chiku \gosan-chiku\ n. (Bot.)
A small bamboo of Southeastern China (Phyllostachys aurea)
having slender culms flexuous when young.
Syn: fishpole bamboo, hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea.
[WordNet 1.5]hotei-chiku \hotei-chiku\ n.
A small bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) of Southeast China
having slender culms flexuous when young.
Syn: fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea.
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Phyllostome
(gcide) | Phyllostome \Phyl"lo*stome\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*st[=o]m), n. [Phyllo-
+ Gr. sto`ma mouth.] (Zool.)
Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having
large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
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Phyllostomid
(gcide) | Phyllostomid \Phyl*los"to*mid\ (f[i^]l*l[o^]s"t[=o]*m[i^]d), n.
A phyllostome.
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Phyllotactic
(gcide) | Phyllotactic \Phyl`lo*tac"tic\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]k"t[i^]k), a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.
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Phyllotaxis
(gcide) | Phyllotaxy \Phyl"lo*tax`y\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]ks`[y^]),
Phyllotaxis \Phyl"lo*tax`is\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]ks`[i^]s), n.
[Phyllo- + Gr. ta`xis order.] (Bot.)
The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science
of the relative position of leaves.
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Phyllotaxy
(gcide) | Phyllotaxy \Phyl"lo*tax`y\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]ks`[y^]),
Phyllotaxis \Phyl"lo*tax`is\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]ks`[i^]s), n.
[Phyllo- + Gr. ta`xis order.] (Bot.)
The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science
of the relative position of leaves.
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Phyllotreta striolata
(gcide) | Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr.
turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip,
AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew.] (Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also,
the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
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Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.
Turnip flea (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica,
striolata} syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon
the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black
with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
applied to several other small insects which are injurious
to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.
Turnip fly. (Zool.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live
in the turnip root.
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Phyllotreta vittata
(gcide) | Flea-beetle \Flea"-bee`tle\, n. (Zool.)
A small beetle of the family Halticid[ae], of many species.
They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The
turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the
grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious
species.
[1913 Webster]Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.)
1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has
a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
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2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
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3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
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Cabbage aphis (Zool.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
brassic[ae]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
Cabbage beetle (Zool.), a small, striped flea-beetle
(Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state,
on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
and other cruciferous plants.
Cabbage fly (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
brassic[ae]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
the crop.
Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto)
found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia)
having large and heavy blossoms.
Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having
a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto
of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and
Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.
Sea cabbage.(Bot.)
(a) Sea kale
(b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which
the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
derived by cultivation.
Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
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Phyllous
(gcide) | Phyllous \Phyl"lous\ (f[i^]l"l[u^]s), a. (Bot.)
Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and
pistils are phyllous organs.
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Phylloxanthin
(gcide) | Phylloxanthin \Phyl`lo*xan"thin\, n. [Phyllo- + Gr. xanqo`s
yellow.] (Bot.)
A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
[1913 Webster]Xanthophyll \Xan"tho*phyll\, n. [Xantho- + Gr. fy`llon leaf.]
(Bot.)
A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and
also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly
called also phylloxanthin.
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phylloxanthin
(gcide) | Phylloxanthin \Phyl`lo*xan"thin\, n. [Phyllo- + Gr. xanqo`s
yellow.] (Bot.)
A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
[1913 Webster]Xanthophyll \Xan"tho*phyll\, n. [Xantho- + Gr. fy`llon leaf.]
(Bot.)
A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and
also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly
called also phylloxanthin.
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Phylloxera
(gcide) | Phylloxera \Phyl`lox*e"ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon leaf +
xhro`s dry.]
1. (Zool.) A small hemipterous insect ({Phylloxera
vastatrix}) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and
leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in
Europe.
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Note: It exists in several forms, some of which are winged,
other wingless. One form produces galls on the leaves
and twigs, another affects the roots, causing galls or
swellings, and often killing the vine.
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2. The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just
described.
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Phylloxera vastatrix
(gcide) | Phylloxera \Phyl`lox*e"ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon leaf +
xhro`s dry.]
1. (Zool.) A small hemipterous insect ({Phylloxera
vastatrix}) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and
leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in
Europe.
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Note: It exists in several forms, some of which are winged,
other wingless. One form produces galls on the leaves
and twigs, another affects the roots, causing galls or
swellings, and often killing the vine.
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2. The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just
described.
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Phylloxeridae
(gcide) | Phylloxeridae \Phylloxeridae\ prop. n.
A natural family consisting of the plant lice.
Syn: family Phylloxeridae.
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Pleiophyllous
(gcide) | Pleiophyllous \Plei*oph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ? more + ? leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves
or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.
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Podophyllous
(gcide) | Podophyllous \Pod`o*phyl"lous\, a.
1. (Zool.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.
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2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue,
made up of lamin[ae], beneath a horse's hoof.
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Polyphyllous
(gcide) | Polyphyllous \Po*lyph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ?; poly`s many + ?
leaf.] (Bot.)
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
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