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hypophylls

hypophylls is the plural of hypophyll.

Meaning of hypophyll

Noun

hypophyll (plural hypophylls)

  1. A proximal part of a sprout or a leaf.
    • About 20 per cent produce hypophylls, or rudimentary leaves, and most of these soon die without producing any ordinary leaves.1943, Walter Reuther, The Citrus industry, volume 1, page 856

Questions about hypophylls

What is hypophylls the plural of?
Hypophylls is the plural of hypophyll.

Words near hypophylls in the dictionary

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

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