dasyphyllous
English
Etymology
From New Latin dasyphyllus (from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy; dense”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”)) + -ous.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dæsɪˈfɪləs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdæsɪˈfɪləs/, /-sə-/
- Hyphenation: da‧sy‧phyll‧ous
Adjective
dasyphyllous (not comparable)
- (botany, rare) Having downy leaves.
- Synonyms: codiophyllous, eriophyllous
- [1899, R. L. Heinig, “dasyphyllous”, in Glossary of the Botanic Terms Used in Describing Flowering Plants, Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, OCLC 708655262, page 26:
- dasyphyllous (Gr. dasus, hairy, rough; phullon, a leaf), woolly-leaved; syn. codio-, erio-phyllous.]
- 2013 March, V. V. Furyaev; V. I. Zabolotskiy; S. D. Samsonenko; V. A. Chernykh, “Space-time Impact of Fire Events on Swamp-forest Ecosystems of the West Siberian Plain”, in Contemporary Problems of Ecology, volume 6, number 2, DOI:, ISSN 1995-4255, pages 156–161:
- Therefore, the forest stands formed by the tree species that endure excessive moisture (the alder, dasyphyllous birch, and poplar) are dominant in the composition of forests.
- 2018 August, Jun Zhou; Zhangwei Wang; Xiaoshan Zhang, “Deposition and Fate of Mercury in Litterfall, Litter, and Soil in Coniferous and Broad‐Leaved Forests”, in Biogeosciences, volume 123, number 8, DOI:, pages 2590–2603:
- However, compared to Masson pine needles, the waxy of camphor leaves showed thinner and more dasyphyllous.
Related terms
- dasymeter
- dasymetric
- dasypygal
References
- Compare “dasyphyllous, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
Further reading
- dasyphyllous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- “dasyphyllous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- dasyphyllous at OneLook Dictionary Search