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phylotaxis

phylotaxis is the misspelling of phyllotaxis.

Meaning of phyllotaxis

Noun

phyllotaxis (usually uncountable, plural phyllotaxes)

  1. (usually) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.
    • Yet his Lordship would find this rate of proportion […] likewise in all plants, in the disposition of their leaves, for which ordering he would make a name, that is, from the Greek, phyllotaxis.1985, John Fowles, A Maggot
  2. (usually) An abortive style.

Questions about phylotaxis

What is phylotaxis the misspelling of?
Phylotaxis is the misspelling of phyllotaxis.

Words near phylotaxis in the dictionary

  1. phylostratigraphy
  2. phylostratum
  3. phylosymbiosis
  4. phylosymbiotic
  5. phylotactic
  6. phylotaxis
  7. phylotaxonomy
  8. phylotaxy
  9. phylotemporal
  10. phylotranscriptome
  11. phylotranscriptomes

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