cataphyll

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9

Definition of cataphyll

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.

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Etymology

From cata- + -phyll; intended as translation of German Niederblatt, literally, “lower leaf”.

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