Meanings
- not comparablerarebiologyHaving downy leaves.
dasyphyllous (Gr. dasus, hairy, rough; phullon, a leaf), woolly-leaved; syn. codio-, erio-phyllous.
[1899, R. L. Heinig, “dasyphyllous”, in Glossary of the Botanic Terms Used in Describing Flowering Plants, Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, →OCLC, page 262 more examples
Therefore, the forest stands formed by the tree species that endure excessive moisture (the alder, dasyphyllous birch, and poplar) are dominant in the composition of forests.
2013 March, V. V. Furyaev, V. I. Zabolotskiy, S. D. Samsonenko, V. A. Chernykh, “Space-time Impact of Fire Events on Swamp-forest Ecosystems of the West Siberian Plain”, in Contemporary Problems of Ecology, volume 6, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 156–161However, compared to Masson pine needles, the waxy of camphor leaves showed thinner and more dasyphyllous.
2018 August, Jun Zhou, Zhangwei Wang, Xiaoshan Zhang, “Deposition and Fate of Mercury in Litterfall, Litter, and Soil in Coniferous and Broad‐Leaved Forests”, in Biogeosciences, volume 123, number 8, →DOI, pages 2590–2603Synonyms: codiophyllous, eriophyllous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving downy leaves.
Origin
- Ancient Greekδασύς“hairy, shaggy; dense”
- New Latindasyphyllus
- Englishdasyphyllous
From New Latin dasyphyllus (from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy; dense”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”)) + -ous.
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