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prophyllum

prophyllum is the alternative form of prophyll.

Meaning of prophyll

Noun

prophyll (plural prophylls)

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

Forms of prophyllum

pluralprophylla

Questions about prophyllum

What is prophyllum the alternative form of?
Prophyllum is the alternative form of prophyll.

Words near prophyllum in the dictionary

  1. prophyll
  2. prophylla
  3. prophyllate
  4. prophylloid
  5. prophylls
  6. prophyllum
  7. prophyrin
  8. prophyses
  9. prophysis
  10. propice
  11. propicillin

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