dasyphyllous
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin dasyphyllus (from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy; dense”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”)) + -ous.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dæsɪˈfɪləs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdæsɪˈfɪləs/, /-sə-/
- Hyphenation: da‧sy‧phyll‧ous
Adjective
editdasyphyllous (not comparable)
- (botany, rare) Having downy leaves.
- Synonyms: codiophyllous, eriophyllous
- 2013 March, V. V. Furyaev, V. I. Zabolotskiy, S. D. Samsonenko, V. A. Chernykh, “Space-time Impact of Fire Events on Swamp-forest Ecosystems of the West Siberian Plain”, in Contemporary Problems of Ecology, volume 6, number 2, , →ISSN, pages 156–161:
- Therefore, the forest stands formed by the tree species that endure excessive moisture (the alder, dasyphyllous birch, and poplar) are dominant in the composition of forests.
- 2018 August, Jun Zhou, Zhangwei Wang, Xiaoshan Zhang, “Deposition and Fate of Mercury in Litterfall, Litter, and Soil in Coniferous and Broad‐Leaved Forests”, in Biogeosciences, volume 123, number 8, , pages 2590–2603:
- However, compared to Masson pine needles, the waxy of camphor leaves showed thinner and more dasyphyllous.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Compare “dasyphyllous, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
Further reading
edit- “dasyphyllous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “dasyphyllous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “dasyphyllous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.