-
comes from the Gr****
words liparos,
meaning "fat,
shiny or oily", and
phyllon,
meaning "leaf". They are
rhizomatous wetland plants with
alternate linear...
- carotenes. The name is from Gr****:
xanthos (ξανθός),
meaning "yellow", and
phyllon (φύλλον),
meaning "leaf"), due to
their formation of the
yellow band seen...
-
derived from the Gr****
words χλωρός (khloros, "pale green") and φύλλον (
phyllon, "leaf").
Chlorophyll allows plants to
absorb energy from light. Those...
-
Phosphophyllite (from
Ancient Gr****
phyllon 'leaf', and phosphate) is a rare
mineral with the
chemical formula Zn2Fe(PO4)2·4H2O,
composed of hydrated...
- of cleavage,
called "phyllitic luster". The word
comes from the Gr****
phyllon,
meaning "leaf". The
protolith (or
parent rock) for
phyllite is
shale or...
-
planes having a
silky sheen,
called phylitic luster – the Gr**** word,
phyllon, also
means "leaf"), the
extremely fine
grained preferred orientation of...
- by
Spartan maiden Ellas (who
accompanied her
Spartan soldier boyfriend Phyllon to the battlefield,
where he
wishes to
prove his courage), of a secret...
- is
derived from the kidney-shaped
leaves (Gr****:
nephros =
kidney and
phyllon = leaf), and the
specific epithet refers to the
curled petal edges (Latin:...
-
astrophyllite its name, from the Gr****
words astron meaning "star" and
phyllon meaning "leaf". Its
great submetallic gleam and
darkness contrast sharply...
-
lights in
great numbers. The
generic name is
derived from the Gr****
words phyllon (φυλλον),
which means "leaf", and
phagos (φαγος),
which means "eater"....
