CATAPHYLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cataphyll mean? 

• CATAPHYLL (noun)
  The noun CATAPHYLL has 1 sense:

1. a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development

  Familiarity information: CATAPHYLL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATAPHYLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cataphyll" is a kind of...):

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cataphyll"):

cotyledon; seed leaf (embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants)