Phyllody
(Phyl"lo*dy) n. [See Phyllodium.] (Bot.) A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to
the condition of leaves.
Phylloid
(Phyl"loid) a. [Phyllo- + - oid.] Resembling a leaf.
Phyllomania
(Phyl`lo*ma"ni*a) n. [Phyllo- + mania.] (Bot.) An abnormal or excessive production of
leaves.
Phyllome
(Phyl"lome) n. [Gr. foliage, fr. a leaf.] (Bot.) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous
with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.
Phyllomorphosis
(||Phyl`lo*mor*pho"sis) n. [NL. See Phyllo-, Morphosis.] (Bot.) The succession and
variation of leaves during different seasons. R. Brown.
Phyllophagan
(Phyl*loph"a*gan) n. [Phyllo- + Gr. to eat.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of a group of marsupials
including the phalangists. (b) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the
chafers.
Phyllophagous
(Phyl*loph"a*gous) a. (Zoöl.) Substituting on leaves; leaf- eating.
Phyllophorous
(Phyl*loph"o*rous) a. [Phyllo- + Gr. to bear.] (Bot.) Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.
Phyllopod
(Phyl"lo*pod) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Phyllopoda. [Also used adjectively.]
Phyllopoda
(||Phyl*lop"o*da) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a leaf + -poda.] (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca including
a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often
very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda.
In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped
carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented.
Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera.
Phyllopodous
(Phyl*lop"o*dous) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda.
Phyllorhine
(Phyl"lo*rhine) a. [Phyllo- + Gr. the nose.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other
related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.
Phyllosoma
(||Phyl`lo*so"ma) n. [NL. See Phyllo-, and -some body.] (Zoöl.) The larva of the spiny
lobsters Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab,
and glass- shrimp.
Phyllostome
(Phyl"lo*stome) n. [Phyllo- + Gr. sto`ma mouth.] (Zoöl.) Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma,
or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.
Phyllostomid
(Phyl*los"to*mid) n. A phyllostome.
Phyllotactic
(Phyl`lo*tac"tic) a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.
Phyllotaxy
(Phyl"lo*tax`y Phyl"lo*tax`is) n. [Phyllo- + Gr. ta`xis order.] (Bot.) The order or arrangement
of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.
Phyllous
(Phyl"lous) a. (Bot.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are
phyllous organs.
Phylloxanthin
(Phyl`lo*xan"thin) n. [Phyllo- + Gr. yellow.] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter extracted
from chlorophyll.
