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phyllotaxy
[ fil-uh-tak-see ]
noun
Botany.
plural phyllotaxies.
- the arrangement of leaves on a stem or axis.
- the study of such arrangement.
phyllotaxy
/ ´Úıô′ə-³Ùă°ì′sŧ /
- The pattern of leaf distribution and arrangement on a stem.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è³ó²â±ô·±ô´Ç·³Ù²¹³¦Â·³Ù¾±³¦ [fil-, uh, -, tak, -tik], ±è³ó²â±ôl´Ç·³Ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô ±è³ó²â±ôl´Ç·³Ù²¹³æi³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of phyllotaxy1
First recorded in 1855–60; phyllotax(is) + -y 3
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Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
For an account of the way in which the character of the phyllotaxy may be deduced from the secondary spirals, see Structural Botany, Chapter IV.
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Phyllotaxy of Opposite and whorled Leaves.
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The latter of course depends very much upon the phyllotaxy, i. e. the position and order of the leaves upon the stem.
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Phyllotaxis, or Phyllotaxy, the arrangement of leaves on the stem, 67.
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Phyllotaxy, meaning leaf-arrangement, is the study of the position of leaves, or parts answering to leaves, upon the stem.
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