phyllodium

English

Etymology

From New Latin phyllōdium, from Ancient Greek φυλλώδης (phullṓdēs, “leaflike”).

Noun

phyllodium (plural phyllodia)

1. (botany) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “phyllodium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)