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geophyllous

geophyllous adjective: geophytic; having leaves that bury themselves in response to drought.

Adjective

geophyllous (not comparable)

  1. geophytic; having leaves that bury themselves in response to drought

Origin of geophyllous

From geo- + -phyllous.

Questions about geophyllous

What does geophyllous mean?
Geophyllous means geophytic; having leaves that bury themselves in response to drought.
What part of speech is geophyllous?
Geophyllous is an adjective.

Words near geophyllous in the dictionary

  1. geophonically
  2. geophonies
  3. geophony
  4. geophoto
  5. geophotos
  6. geophyllous
  7. geophylogenetic
  8. geophylogenies
  9. geophylogeny
  10. geophys
  11. geophysical

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