Definition of Diphylla

1. Noun. Vampire bats.

Exact synonyms: Genus Diphylla
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Desmodontidae, Family Desmodontidae
Member holonyms: Diphylla Ecaudata, Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphylla

Dioscorea elephantipes
Dioscorea paniculata
Dioscorea trifida
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscuri
Diospyros
Diospyros ebenum
Diospyros kaki
Diospyros kurzii
Diospyros lotus
Diospyros virginiana
DipIT
Dipetalonema reconditum
Dipetalonema streptocerca
Diphda
Diphylla (current term)
Diphylla ecaudata
Diphyllobothrium cordatum
Diphyllobothrium latum
Diphyllobothrium linguloides
Diphyllobothrium mansoni
Diphyllobothrium mansonoides
Dipladenia
Dipladenia boliviensis
Diplazium pycnocarpon
Diplococcus pneumoniae
Diplogonoporus
Diplopterygium
Diplopterygium longissimum
Diplotaxis

Literary usage of Diphylla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Two-leaved Cassia, Cassia diphylla. Willden. sp. pi, 2. p. 513. Nat. of the West Indies. Introd. 1781, by Mr. Francis Masson. Fl . J ss 2. ..."

2. Specific Medication and Specific Medicines by John Milton Scudder (1870)
"JEFFERSONIA Diphylla. (TWINLEAF.) Preparation.—Prepare a tincture from the recent root, ... Diphylla."

3. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"diphylla Vt. appears to be allied to I. arcuata Willd., though it is easily distinguishable from this species by its branches not being angulated, ..."

4. Bulletin by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez (1916)
"... diphylla, the wild leguminous plants have on most farms been included among the weeds and excluded from cultivated fields wherever possible, ..."

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