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hypophyllous

hypophyllous adjective: being or growing on the lower side of a leaf.

Adjective

hypophyllous (not comparable)

  1. Being or growing on the lower side of a leaf.

Origin of hypophyllous

From hypo- + -phyllous.

Questions about hypophyllous

What does hypophyllous mean?
Hypophyllous means being or growing on the lower side of a leaf.
What part of speech is hypophyllous?
Hypophyllous is an adjective.

Words near hypophyllous in the dictionary

  1. hypophrenic
  2. hypophrygian
  3. hypophyal
  4. hypophyals
  5. hypophyll
  6. hypophyllous
  7. hypophylls
  8. hypophyseal
  9. hypophysectomies
  10. hypophysectomise
  11. hypophysectomised

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