phyll

phyll-

variant of phyllo- before a vowel: phyllite.
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-phyll

variant of -phyllo as final element of compound words: sporophyll.
Also, -phyl.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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-phyll or -phyl
 
n combining form
leaf: chlorophyll
 
[from Greek phullon]
 
-phyl or -phyl
 
n combining form
 
[from Greek phullon]

phyllo- or (before a vowel) phyll-
 
combining form
leaf: phyllopod
 
[from Greek phullon leaf]
 
phyll- or (before a vowel) phyll-
 
combining form
 
[from Greek phullon leaf]

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