cataphyll

[kat-uh-fil]

cat·a·phyll

[kat-uh-fil]
noun Botany.
a simplified leaf form, as a bud scale or a scale on a cotyledon or rhizome.

Origin:
cata- + -phyll

cat·a·phyl·la·ry, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To cataphyll

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Cataphyll is always a great word to know.
So is gametophyte. Does it mean:
sexual form of a haploid plant in the alternation of generations
ovules which are unenclosed, forming on cones or stalks
Collins
World English Dictionary
cataphyll (ˈkætəˌfɪl)
 
n
a simplified form of plant leaf, such as a scale leaf or cotyledon

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT