Cladophyll

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cladophyll \Clad"o*phyll\, n. [Gr. ? a sprout + ? a leaf.]
     (Bot.)
     A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent
     foliage of the broom ({Ruscus}) and of the common cultivated
     smilax ({Myrsiphillum}).
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cladophyll
       n : a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf [syn:
           {cladode}, {phylloclad}, {phylloclade}]