phyllody
English
Etymology
See phyllodium.
Noun
phyllody (countable and uncountable, plural phyllodies)
- (botany) A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phyllody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)