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-phyllous

  1. a combining form meaning “having leaves” of the kind or number specified by the initial element:

    diphyllous; monophyllous.



-phyllous

combining form

  1. having leaves of a specified number or type

    monophyllous



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -phyllous1

< Greek -phyllos, derivative of phýllon leaf

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -phyllous1

from Greek -phullos of a leaf

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