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phyllogenous

phyllogenous adjective: living or growing on leaves.

Adjective

phyllogenous (not comparable)

  1. Living or growing on leaves.
    • Several of the xylogenous species appear to be of the same nature. The phyllogenous forms seem to be of a different character, but we are not concerned with them here.1898, Bulletin, number 9, page 732

Origin of phyllogenous

From phyllo- + -genous.

Questions about phyllogenous

What does phyllogenous mean?
Phyllogenous means living or growing on leaves.
What part of speech is phyllogenous?
Phyllogenous is an adjective.

Words near phyllogenous in the dictionary

  1. phyllodulcin
  2. phyllody
  3. phylloerythrin
  4. phyllogen
  5. phyllogenetic
  6. phyllogenous
  7. phyllogens
  8. phylloid
  9. phylloidal
  10. phylloideous
  11. phylloids

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