phyllanthaceous
phyllanthaceous adjective: belonging to, or characteristic of, the family Phyllanthaceae of plants.
Adjective
phyllanthaceous (comparative more phyllanthaceous, superlative most phyllanthaceous)
- Belonging to, or characteristic of, the family Phyllanthaceae of plants.
- The prominent mechanical layer of seed coating this fossil is the exotegmen, which forms the main mechanical layer in the seed coat of most extant phyllanthaceous seeds (Tokuoka & Tobe 2001).2017 June, Dashrath Kapgate, Steven R. Manchester, Wolfgang Stuppy, “Oldest fruit of Phyllanthaceae from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Singpur, Madhya Pradesh, India”, in Acta Palaeobotanica...
- The silicified trilocular capsular fruit of phyllanthaceous affinity mentioned above is from another locality (Singpur) of the Deccan Intertrappean Beds (Mistri et al. 1992).2017 December 6, Elisabeth A. Wheeler, Rashmi Srivastava, Steven R. Manchester, Pieter Baas, “Surprisingly modern Latest Cretaceous– earliest Paleocene woods of India”, in IAWA Journal
Forms of phyllanthaceous
| comparative | more phyllanthaceous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most phyllanthaceous |
Origin of phyllanthaceous
From Translingual Phyllanthaceae + English -ous.
Questions about phyllanthaceous
- What does phyllanthaceous mean?
- Phyllanthaceous means belonging to, or characteristic of, the family Phyllanthaceae of plants.
- What part of speech is phyllanthaceous?
- Phyllanthaceous is an adjective.
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