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PHYLLOCLAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phylloclad mean?
• PHYLLOCLAD (noun)
The noun PHYLLOCLAD has 1 sense:
1. a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
Familiarity information: PHYLLOCLAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cladode; cladophyll; phylloclad; phylloclade
Hypernyms ("phylloclad" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
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