Definition of Cataphyll

1. Noun. A reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development.

Specialized synonyms: Cotyledon, Seed Leaf
Generic synonyms: Foliage, Leaf, Leafage

Definition of Cataphyll

1. Noun. (botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cataphyll

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Medical Definition of Cataphyll

1. A scale leaf associated with a vegetative part of a plant, for example: a rhizome. (16 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataphyll

cataphile
cataphiles
cataphonic
cataphonics
cataphor
cataphora
cataphoras
cataphoreses
cataphoresis
cataphoretic
cataphoric
cataphract
cataphractic
cataphracts
cataphyll (current term)
cataphyllary leave
cataphylls
cataphysical
cataplasia
cataplasm
cataplasms
cataplastic
cataplectic
catapleiite
cataplexies
cataplexy
catapuce
catapult
catapulted

Literary usage of Cataphyll

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"Goebel points out, truly enough, that there is no such thing as a leaf rudiment, but only bud-scale rudiments, sporophyll rudiments, cataphyll rudiments, ..."

2. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... high, aloft, ф(\\ое, a leaf), a bract of the inflorescence, a reduced or modified leaf toward» the upper end of a «hoot, </. cataphyll ; Germ. ..."

3. Dictionary of Botanical Equivalents, French-English, German-English by Ernst Artschwager, Edwina Maria Smiley (1921)
"... a tension quotient equal to zero entire suppression of an organ scale, cataphyll protective sheath of subterranean stem subex spheroidal undergrowth, ..."

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