phyllotaxis

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From phyllo- +‎ taxis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪləˈtæksɪs/

Noun

phyllotaxis (usually uncountable, plural phyllotaxes)

  1. (botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.
    • 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:
      Yet his Lordship would find this rate of proportion […] likewise in all plants, in the disposition of their leaves, for which ordering he would make a name, that is, from the Greek, phyllotaxis.
  2. (botany) An abortive style.

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