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PHYLLODE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("phyllode" is a kind of...):

leafstalk; petiole (the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf)

Derivation:

phyllodial (having a phyllode)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The incidence of metastases is higher in malignant phyllodes tumors.

(Phyllodes tumor, NCI Thesaurus)