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prophyll

prophyll noun: the frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.

Noun

prophyll (plural prophylls)

  1. The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.

prophyll meaning in Tamil

prophyll in Tamil

முதல் இலை

Forms of prophyll

pluralprophylls

Origin of prophyll

Originally coined by French botanists, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) and φύλλον (phúllon).

Words formed from prophyll

Questions about prophyll

What does prophyll mean?
Prophyll means the frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.
What is prophyll in Tamil?
Prophyll in Tamil is முதல் இலை. See Prophyll meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prophyll?
Prophyll is a noun.
What is the plural of prophyll?
The plural of prophyll is prophylls.

Words near prophyll in the dictionary

  1. prophylaxed
  2. prophylaxes
  3. prophylaxies
  4. prophylaxis
  5. prophylaxy
  6. prophyll
  7. prophylla
  8. prophyllate
  9. prophylloid
  10. prophylls
  11. prophyllum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prophyll (page history and authors); prophyll (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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