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PRONUNCIATION OF PROPHYLL

prophyll  [ˈprəʊfɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROPHYLL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prophyll 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 PROPHYLL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prophyll

Bract

In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture. Typically, they also look different from the parts of the flower, such as the petals and/or sepals. The state of having bracts is referred to as bracteate, and conversely ebracteate, without bracts. Similarly bracteolate and ebracteolate.

Definition of prophyll in the English dictionary

The definition of prophyll in the dictionary is one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROPHYLL


Anglophile
ˈæŋɡləʊfɪl
chlorophyll
ˈklɔːrəfɪl
eosinophil
ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl
fiberfill
ˈfaɪbəˌfɪl
fil
fɪl
fill
fɪl
Francophil
ˈfræŋkəʊfɪl
fulfil
fʊlˈfɪl
landfill
ˈlændˌfɪl
microphyll
ˈmaɪkrəʊfɪl
Negrophil
ˈniːɡrəʊfɪl
neutrophil
ˈnjuːtrəˌfɪl
overfill
ˌəʊvəˈfɪl
refill
riːˈfɪl
Slavophil
ˈslɑːvəʊfɪl
Slavophile
ˈslɑːvəʊfɪl
sporophyl
ˈspɔːrəʊfɪl
sporophyll
ˈspɔːrəʊfɪl
xanthophyl
ˈzænθəʊfɪl
xanthophyll
ˈzænθəʊfɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROPHYLL

prophesied
prophesier
prophesies
prophesy
prophesyings
prophet
prophet-like
prophetess
prophethood
prophetic
prophetical
prophetically
propheticism
prophetism
Prophets
prophetship
prophylactic
prophylaxes
prophylaxis
propine

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROPHYLL

argyll
cataphyll
cladophyll
ghyll
hypsophyll
idyll
Jekyll
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
megaphyll
megasporophyll
mesophyll
microsporophyll
sclerophyll

Synonyms and antonyms of prophyll in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prophyll» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROPHYLL

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Translator English - Chinese

prophyll
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

profilo
570 millions of speakers

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prophyll
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prophyll
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prophyll
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prophyll
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prophyll
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prophyll
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prophylle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prophyll
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prophyll
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prophyll
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prophyll
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prophyll
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prophyll
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prophyll
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Prophyll
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prophyll
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prophyll
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prophyll
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prophyll
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prophyll
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prophyll
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prophyll
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prophyll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prophyll
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prophyll

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPHYLL»

The term «prophyll» is used very little and occupies the 190.726 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPHYLL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROPHYLL»

Discover the use of prophyll in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prophyll and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cotton: Origin, History, Technology, and Production
(2) A single axillary bud occurs in the axil of each prophyll or foliage leaf, and it may either remain dormant or develop into a branch. Depending upon where an axillary bud is located, and the phase of development of the plant, a bud may ...
C. Wayne Smith, J. Tom Cothren, 1999
2
Monocotyledons: A Morphological Study
Fig 6, Smilax aspera, L., small part of shoot ( x i) ; the leaf, /., with tendrils, t. and has branch, b., in its axil ; the two-keeled prophyll of b. faces /., while /.', the next leaf of />., is superposed to it; sp., spines (April 28, 1921). Fig. 7, Smilax herbacea  ...
Agnes Arber, Arber, 2010
3
Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences
With a single prophyll and a helically arranged 3-lobed calyx (or perigon) the first lobe always lies approximately opposite the prophyll. With an addorsed prophyll and a 3-merous flower the first segment of the flower is placed medially in front ...
Focko Weberling, 1992
4
The Gramineae: A Study of Cereal, Bamboo and Grass
be traced, one is identical in this respect with the prophyll of its own axillary bud, while, in the other two, the relation is reversed. In four cases the overlap of the prophyll and of the succeeding leaf can be determined ; in three the overlap is the ...
Agnes Arber, 2010
5
Monocots: Systematics and Evolution: Systematics and Evolution
Diagrammatic summary of terminology relating to flower orientation, and of factors influencing prophyll and sepal position in Hedychium coronarium. The terms adaxial (ad) and abaxial (ab) always relate the flower to the axis that bears it.
Karen Wilson, David Morrison, 2000
6
Integrative Plant Anatomy
One characteristic feature of lateral branch systems of monocotyledons is the presence of small phyllomic structures, called prophylls, that are borne near the base. In monocotyledons there typically is a single adaxial prophyll, although it may ...
William C. Dickison, 2000
7
Black Pepper: Piper nigrum
The prophyll subtends the axillary branch and the emerging spike. Prophyll is associated with the sympodially growing, flowering node, while the leaf sheaths are characteristic of the vegetative node (Fig. 2.2). The prophyll falls off with the ...
P. N. Ravindran, 2003
8
Predicting Crop Phenology
"Each main stem tiller can produce subtillers from buds in the axils on the tiller, including the bud in the axil of the prophyll at the base of the tiller. The leaves on tillers and the subtillers associated with these leaves bear two-digit numbers.
Tom Hodges, 1990
9
Tertiary Prairie Grasses and Other Herbs from the High Plains
'In the grooves of the inner surface of the blades the bands of the socalled bullzform cells may be developed. The significance and function of these cells is still a matter of some debate (Arber, 1934, p. 301). Pr0phyll.——The prophyll is the first ...
10
Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
The prophyll, which is white, is enclosed within the leaf sheath on the main culm and is not visible. It is the first leaf that can be seen when a new tiller comes out. Tillers may or may not emerge from the prophyll node. When the 13th leaf on the  ...
Shouichi Yoshida, 1981

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prophyll [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prophyll>. May 2024 ».
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