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Phyllode

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phyllode [′fi‚lōd]
(botany)
A broad, flat petiole that replaces the blade of a foliage leaf.
(invertebrate zoology)
A petal-shaped group of ambulacra near the mouth of certain echinoderms.
Phyllode 

a petiole that is broadened in the shape of a leaf and fulfills the functions of the leaf blade, which is absent or partially reduced. Phyllodes are present in many Australian acacias and in some Australian cassias. Phyllodes characterize a number of plants that grow in the USSR, including Lathyrus missolia. Phyllodes apparently serve as an adaptation to a decrease in transpiration.
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