PHYLLODE -- A leaf stalk expanded to look like and act like a leaf.
PICOTEE -- Term applied to a narrow band of color on a pale ground at the edge of a petal.
Phyllodes- A flat expanded petiole that replaces the blade of a foliage leaf and which functions in photosynthesis.
Pioneer- A plant capable of invading a newly exposed soil surface and persisting there until supplanted by successor species.
phyllodeA flat expanded petiole that replaces the blade of a foliage leaf and fulfills the same functions. See also: cladophyll.
phyllodium (pl. phyllodia)A somewhat dilated petiole having the form of and serving as a leaf blade.
phyllode search for term- n. (Gr. phyllon, leaf; eidos, form) a winged petiole with flattened surfaces placed laterally to the stem and functioning as a leaf.phyllotaxy search for term- n.
The leaves of Acacias are often present in the juvenile plant but replaced by phyllodes in the mature plant.
 See also: Water, Plant, Leaf, Flower, Soil
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