anisophylly

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noun

The growing by a plant of leaves in pairs with a significant difference in size between the two.

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Meanings

nounanisophylly (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe growing by a plant of leaves in pairs with a significant difference in size between the two.

Origin

From aniso- + -phylly.

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Translations

Portuguese anisofilia
  • anisofiliagrowth of pairs of different-sized leaves
Russian анизофиллия
  • анизофиллия (anizofillija)growth of pairs of different-sized leaves
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APA

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Chicago

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