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phylloplanes

phylloplanes is the plural of phylloplane.

Meaning of phylloplane

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

Questions about phylloplanes

What is phylloplanes the plural of?
Phylloplanes is the plural of phylloplane.

Words near phylloplanes in the dictionary

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

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