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-phyll

var. of -phyllo as final element of compound words: sporophyll.
Also, -phyl.

phyllo-

a combining form meaning “leaf,” used in the formation of compound words: phyllopod.
Also, phyll-, -phyll.


Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of phýllon
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-phyll  
suff.  Leaf: sporophyll.

[From Greek phullon, leaf; see phyllo-.]
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