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phylloplane

phylloplane noun: the surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat.

Noun

phylloplane (plural phylloplanes)

  1. The surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat
    • On the island of Barro Colorado, with an area of 23 square kilometres, at least 43 species of the genus Poecilominettia co-exist, all of which are known to feed upon the same material, namely phylloplane fungi.1989, Elcy C. Broadhead, “The species of Poecilominettia, Homoeominettia and Floriminettia (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) in Panama”, in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, volume...
  2. A phyllosphere of leaves

Forms of phylloplane

pluralphylloplanes

Origin of phylloplane

From phyllo- + plane.

Questions about phylloplane

What does phylloplane mean?
Phylloplane means the surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat.
What part of speech is phylloplane?
Phylloplane is a noun.
What is the plural of phylloplane?
The plural of phylloplane is phylloplanes.

Words near phylloplane in the dictionary

  1. phyllophorous
  2. phyllophyllin
  3. phyllophyllins
  4. phyllophyte
  5. phyllophytes
  6. phylloplane
  7. phylloplanes
  8. phyllopod
  9. phyllopodia
  10. phyllopodial
  11. phyllopodiform

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