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Etymology

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phyllo- +‎ -genous

Adjective

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phyllogenous (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Living or growing on leaves.
    • 1898, Bulletin, number 9, page 732:
      Several of the xylogenous species appear to be of the same nature. The phyllogenous forms seem to be of a different character, but we are not concerned with them here.