phylloclade

phyl lo clade |ˈfiləˌklād ˈfɪləkleɪd | ▶noun Botany a flattened branch or stem-joint resembling and functioning as a leaf. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin phyllocladium, from Greek phullōdēs ‘leaflike, ’ from phullon ‘leaf. ’

phylloclade

phylloclade |ˈfɪlə (ʊ )kleɪd | ▶noun Botany a flattened branch or stem-joint resembling and functioning as a leaf. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin phyllocladium, from Greek phullōdēs ‘leaf-like ’, from phullon ‘leaf ’.