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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHYLLOCLADIUM

Phyl `lo *cla "di *um, n.; pl. Phyllocladia. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.