phyllotaxy

[ fil-uh-tak-see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Botany.

, plural phyl·lo·tax·ies.

phyllotaxy

/ fĭl′ə-tăk′sē /

phyl·lo·tac·tic [fil-, uh, -, tak, -tik], phyllo·tacti·cal phyllo·taxic adjective

First recorded in 1855–60; phyllotax(is) + -y ³

The subject of leaf-arrangement should be passed over until phyllotaxy is taken up.

They are arranged densely on the branches, alternately on the 8/21 plan (see section on phyllotaxy).

In other cases the width of the leaves is determined by what botanists call the "Phyllotaxy."

Phyllotaxis, or Phyllotaxy, the arrangement of leaves on the stem, 67.

This is the leaf-arrangement or phyllotaxy of the apple-tree, expressed by the fraction 2/5.

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