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A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
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phylloclade
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n. a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf [syn: cladode , cladophyll , phylloclad ]
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Phylloclades and cladodes are flattened, photosynthetic shoots, which are usually considered to be modified branches . The two terms are used either differently or interchangeably by different authors. Phyllocladus , a genus of conifer, is named after these ...
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n. (context botany English) A flattened stem, a type of cladode that has limited extension growth and resembles a leaf. K.E.V. Goebel, ''Organography of plants, especially of the Archegoniatae and Spermaphyta'', Hofner Publishing Company (1905/1969).