Meaning of PHYLLODE

Pronunciation:			'filowd
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
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	See Also:		leafstalk, petiole
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Phyl"lode\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Phyllodium}.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		A leaf whose blade is much reduced or absent, and whose petiole and rachis have assumed the functions of the whole leaf. Compare cladode.