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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmicrophylle
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mikʁofil
"Les lycopodes possèdent un type de microphylle."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A type of plant leaf with one single, unbranched vein or vascular strand, typically small in size and characteristic of primitive vascular plants like clubmosses.
"The fossilized specimen clearly displayed the distinctive single vein of a primitive microphyll."
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Relating to or having microphylls.
"Lycophytes are known for their microphyll leaves."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek roots 'mikros' meaning small and 'phyllon' meaning leaf. Coined in nineteenth-century paleobotany to classify primitive vascular plant leaves possessing a single unbranched vascular strand.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Microphyll" is said worldwide
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microphylle
Transliteration: mikʁofil
"Les lycopodes possèdent un type de microphylle."
Mikrophyll
Transliteration: miːkʁoˈfʏl
"Ein Mikrophyll ist ein Blattyp mit nur einer einzigen Leitbündelader."
microfillo
Transliteration: mikroˈfillo
"Il microfillo è caratteristico delle piante vascolari primitive."
micrófilo
Transliteration: miˈkɾofilo
"El fósil muestra las características de un micrófilo."
microfilo
Transliteration: mikɾuˈfilu
"Os licófitos caracterizam-se por possuir microfilos."
सूक्ष्मपर्ण
Transliteration: sukshmaparn
"सूक्ष्मपर्ण एक प्रकार की छोटी पत्ती है।"
小叶
Transliteration: xiǎoyè
"石松植物通常具有小叶。"
소잎
Transliteration: solip
"석송류 식물은 소잎을 가지고 있습니다."
小葉
Transliteration: shōyō
"ヒカゲノカズラ類は小葉を持っています。"
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