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Phylarch
- - The chief of a phyle, or tribe.
Phyletic
- adjective - of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms; "phylogenetic development"
Phyllary
- unknown - In botanical terminology, a phyllary, also known an involucral bract or tegule, is a single bract of the involucre of a composite flower.
Phyllite
- - A mineral related to ottrelite. (b) Clay slate; argillaceous schist.
Phyllium
- noun - type genus of the Phyllidae
Phyllode
- noun - an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
Phyllody
- - A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves.
Phyllome
- - A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.
Phyllous
- - Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.