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noun
The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
a plant structure resembling a leaf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant part, plant structure
History
Originally coined by French botanists, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) and φύλλον (phúllon).
