Phyllocyanin 



Phyiemft 



chlorophyll, which when combined 

 with phylloxanthin produces a green 

 tint ; cf. Kyanophyll ; Phyl'lode, 

 Phyllo'diuvi, a petiole taking on 

 the form and functions of a leaf ; 

 phyllodin'eouB, -eus, relating to 

 phyllodes ; Phyllo'dy, the metamor- 

 phosis of floral organs into leaves ; 

 Phyllogen {y^wdta, I produce) = 

 Phyllophor ; phyllogenet'ic, leaf- 

 producing ; phyllog'enouB, growing 

 upon leaves ; epiphyllous ; phyl'loid 

 (eZSos, resemblance), leaf-like ; '-' 

 Clad'ode =Phylloclade ; Phyrioid, 

 a leaf-like appendage to the stems 

 of Algae ; phylloi'deus, foliaceous ; 

 Phyllolob'eae, pi. [Xo^hs, a lobe), 

 plants with cotyledons, green and 

 leaf-like ; Phylloma'nia {fiavla, mad- 

 ness), an abnormal production of 

 leaves ; Phyl'lome, Phyllo'ma, (1) 

 an assemblage of leaves, or of 

 incipient leaves in a bud ; (2) 

 recently used for the leaf-organ in 

 a generic sense, potentially that 

 which answers to a leaf; cf. 

 Caulome ; epipel'tate '-' , when 

 the base of the expansion results 

 from the growth of the upper 

 surface of the primordial leaf, as 

 in Cotyledon Umbilicus, Linn., 

 and Tropaeolum majus, Linn. ; 

 hypopel'tate '~, when the growth 

 is from the under-surface, as 

 in the sepals of Viola (C. de 

 Candolle) ; Phyllomor'phy {ixop<p^, 

 form) = Phyllody ; Phylloph'agist 

 {<f>dyw, I eat), term proposed 

 by Boulger, for plants which 

 derive their sustenance by their 

 leaves ; Phyl'lophor, Phyriophore, 

 Phylloph'orum {(t>op4w, I carry), the 

 budding summit of a stem on which 

 leaves are developing, especially 

 applied to palms ; phylloph'orous, 

 producing leaves ; Phyriophyte 

 {(pvrhv, a plant), (1) =Cormophyte ; 

 (2) a plant which draws its 

 nourishment chiefly from its leaves 

 (Boulger) ; (3) a plant possessing 

 leaves or leaf-like organs (Hansgirg); 

 Phyllop'odes, pi. (irovs, iroZhs, a 

 foot), dead leaves in Isoetes ; 



Phyllopod'ium, a leaf regarded 

 morphologically as an axis, branched 

 or unbranched ; phyllop'odous, used 

 of the genus Eieraciuin when the 

 radical leaves are in full vigour at 

 the period of flowering ; Phyllo- 

 por'phyrin {iroptpvpa, purple dye), a 

 by-product of chlorophyll, in dark 

 red-violet ci^stals ; Phyllopto'tis 

 (iTTwo-ts, fall), an unnatural fall of 

 leaves ; Phyl'lorhize (^tC«> a root), 

 an organ intermediate between leaf 

 and root, as the capillary leaves of 

 many water plants (Clos) ; phyllo- 

 sipho'nic {<Ti<pa>v, a tube), having 

 a tubular central cylinder in 

 the higher plants, where leaf-gaps 

 are constantly present (Jeffrey) ■ 

 the condition in Phyllosi'phon: , 

 Phyllota'onin {ritas, a peacock;, 

 Schunck's word for a product ot 

 chlorophyll, resembling phyllocyan, 

 but dull green in tint ; Phyllotax'y, 

 Fhyllotax'is (to|js, arrangement), 

 the mode in which the leaves are 

 arranged with regard to the axis ; 

 discontin'nous '^ with a definite 

 break of ratios ; fall'ing '- , passing 

 into a lower series ; ri'sing '^ , pass- 

 ing into a higher series (Church) ; 

 adj. phyllotac'tic ; Phyl'lotype 

 (tuttos, a type) , a type of leaf ; 

 Phylloxan'thin ( -f Xanthin), the 

 yellow colouring-matter of leaves, 

 xanthophyll ; Phyl'lula (ouAtj, a 

 scar) $, (1) the scar left on a branch 

 by the fall of .a leaf ; (2) H. Gibson's 

 term for that stage in the embryo 

 of vascular plants at which the 

 first leaf and root appear (Parker) ; 

 Phyl'lule, used for the free portion 

 of the pulvinus, in Piniis (Masters). 



Phylog'eny {<pv\ov, a tribe ; ytpos, 

 lineage), ancestral history deduced 

 from development ; adj. phylo- 

 genet'ic. 



phymato'deus {<pvfjLa, a growth or 

 tumour ; eUos, likeness), warted, 

 verrucose. 



phys'ical {<pvffiKhs, natural) Drought, 

 used of soil when it contains very 

 little free water. 



Physe'ma {(pva-nfxa, an inflation), (1) 



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