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Meaning of "cataphyll" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CATAPHYLL

ˈkætəˌfɪl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATAPHYLL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cataphyll is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CATAPHYLL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cataphyll

In plant morphology, a cataphyll is a leaf whose primary function is something other than photosynthesis. Cataphylls are at most trivially or transiently photosynthetic, and instead of photosynthesis the main functions of most types are storage, protection, or structural support. Many forms of cataphylls die in performing their function. Cataphylls such as bud scales often are shed after the need for them is past, but dead cataphylls that afford protection from weather or pests may be accumulated into long-lasting, thick coverings.

Definition of cataphyll in the English dictionary

The definition of cataphyll in the dictionary is a simplified form of plant leaf, such as a scale leaf or cotyledon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATAPHYLL

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATAPHYLL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CATAPHYLL

argyll · chlorophyll · cladophyll · ghyll · idyll · Jekyll · Llanfairpwllgwyngyll · megaphyll · megasporophyll · microphyll · microsporophyll · prophyll · sporophyll · xanthophyll

Synonyms and antonyms of cataphyll in the English dictionary of synonyms

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cataphylle
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Cataphyll
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cataphyll
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低出葉
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cataphyll
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Cataphyll
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cataphyll
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cataphyll
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cataphyll
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cataphyll
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATAPHYLL»

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Monocots: Systematics and Evolution: Systematics and Evolution
Schematic representation of main evolutionary levels in seedlings of monocotyledons. The figure only indicates the types of cotyledon and first plumular leaf. The lower series (types I -3) shows ancestral states (cataphyll level ), the upper series ...
Karen Wilson, David Morrison, 2000
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Meristems, Growth, and Development in Woody Plants: An ...
Development of Catapbylls The term "cataphyll," literally lower leaf (intended as a translation of the German Niederblatt) , is commonly used in anatomical literature with reference to bud scales and similar organs. Pri- mordia which develop ...
John Albert Romberger, 1963
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Orchids of Guatemala and Belize
Rhizome more or less leaiy, concealed (in part) hy cataphyll-sheaths; pseudohulhs 1-4-leaved. 5. Pseudohulhs numerous, 2-4-leaved; peduncles exserted heyond the cztaphyll-sheaths, provided with several or many triangular com ressed ...
Oakes Ames, Donovan Stewart Correll, 1952
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Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae)
Different types of blastogeny can be found in Hyacinthaceae (Boyd 1932, Tillich 1992, 1995): (1) The rather short and hypogeal cotyledon is followed by a foliage leaf; (2) the long and mostly epigeal cotyledon is followed by a cataphyll; (3) the ...
Klaus Kubitzki, H. Huber, 1998
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The Journal of the Indian Botanical Society
Vascular pattern in rootstock of adult plant (Heavy continuous lines - axial strands ; unshaded triangles- median traces of foliage leaves; shaded triangles-median cataphyll traces; light lines ending in crosses-lateral traces of cataphylls and ...
Indian Botanical Society, 1993
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Flora of Tropical East Africa - Araceae (1985)
Cataphyll-apex auriculate-emarginate with median terminal projection 8 Cataphylls lacking or apex acute to obtuse, lacking terminal projection 9 8. Terminal projection of cataphyll stipitate and sagittate; petiole-sheath short, inconspicuous, ...
‎1985
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Regeneration of Plants in Arid Ecosystems Resulting from ...
A corm of Colchicum tunicatum during flowering, (a) Mother corm (C)) on 9 September, with tunic (Ti) and new sprout including replacement corm (C2), root disk (RD), and flowers (F) extending from cataphyll tube (T^). (b) Two details of a  ...
Yitzchak Gutterman, 2001
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Flora of New South Wales
Colours are less obvious when the plants are dried. Cataphylls are described as ' tight' if the whole length of the cataphyll is more or less tightly clasping the culm within, and 'lax' if all but the very base of the cataphyll stands away loosely from ...
Gwen J. Harden, 1993
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Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants to Environmental ...
The annual transition between foliage leaves and cataphyll or bud scales in black hickory was detailed by Foster t1932). The basic morphologic divergence between foliage leaf and cataphyll formation was determined during black hickory's ...
Rajeev Arora, 2004
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Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and ...
The cataphyll on the lower side alternates distichously with the upper cataphyll. The leaf and upper cataphyll are superimposed on the upper side of the horizontal rhizome. The internodes beyond each triad elongate and those near the ...
Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich, 1993

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATAPHYLL»

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Local spellers bounced from bee
Abhilash misspelled “cataphyll” – a rudimentary scale-like leaf – by just one vowel. “C-A-T-E-P-H-Y-L-L,” he said nervously into the microphone ... «Cincinnati.com, May 15»
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Familiar faces among top 49 in National Spelling Bee semis
... Yarlagadda after misspelling the word “cataphyll” during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2015. «The Seattle Times, May 15»
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