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Definition of Phyllocladium

Phyllocladium
Phyllocladium Phyl`lo*cla"di*um, n.; pl. Phyllocladia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a leaf + ? a sprout.] (Bot.) A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.

Meaning of Phyllocladium from wikipedia

- early as the Permian. The term "phylloclade" is from the Neo-Latin phyllocladium, itself derived from Gr**** phyllo, leaf, and klados, branch. Definitions...
- Phyllidia occur in some species of the Lecanorales and the Peltigerales. phyllocladium Plural phyllocladia. A photobiont-containing, corticate outgrowth of...
- degree in 1857 at Uppsala. He is credited for introducing the term phyllocladium in a commentary about the lichen genus Stereocaulon in an 1858 publication...