cataphyll
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 9
Definition of cataphyll
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- 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”.
Words you can make from cataphyll
107 playable · top: PATCHY (16 pts)
Best play patchy 16 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
35 words- ACHY 12 pts
- CHAY 12 pts
- LYCH 12 pts
- CAPH 11 pts
- CHAP 11 pts
- PACY 11 pts
- AYAH 10 pts
- HYLA 10 pts
- ACYL 9 pts
- CATH 9 pts
- CHAT 9 pts
- CLAY 9 pts
- LACY 9 pts
- PALY 9 pts
- PATH 9 pts
- PATY 9 pts
- PHAT 9 pts
- PLAY 9 pts
- TACH 9 pts
- CLAP 8 pts
- PACA 8 pts
- PACT 8 pts
- ALLY 7 pts
- HALL 7 pts
- HALT 7 pts
- LATH 7 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- ATAP 6 pts
- CALL 6 pts
- PALL 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- TALC 6 pts
- TAPA 6 pts
- TALA 4 pts
- TALL 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- HYP 11 pts
- HAY 9 pts
- THY 9 pts
- YAH 9 pts
- CAY 8 pts
- HAP 8 pts
- PAH 8 pts
- PAY 8 pts
- PHT 8 pts
- PLY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- CAP 7 pts
- PAC 7 pts
- AAH 6 pts
- AHA 6 pts
- HAT 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
2-letter words
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