megaphyllous

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megaphyllous [¦meg·ə′fil·əs]

(botany)

Having large leaves or leaflike extensions.

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No references found			The appearance of the megaphyllous leaf brought about the disappearance of the phylloids which had become useless. The telome theory by Wilson, Carl L. / The Botanical Review Thus, the simple microphyllous leaves of the rhizomorphic lycopsids contrast radically with the morphologically and anatomically complex megaphyllous leaves of the cycadophytes, which play a much stronger role in light capture, gaseous exchange, and physical and chemical protection from herbivory (cf. Systematics, ontogeny, and phylogenetic implications of exceptional ... by Dower, Beatrice L.; Bateman, Richard M.; Stevenson, Dennis Wm. / The Botanical Review			megaloblast of Sabin megaloblastic anemia megalocardia megalocephaly Megalodontoidea megalomania Megalomycteroidei megalopia Megalopidae Megalopolis megalops larva Megaloptera Megalopygidae megalosphere megaloureter Megamerinidae meganiche Meganthropus Meganticlinorium megaparsec megapel megapel display megapenny megaphenic megaphone megaphyllous megapixel megapode Megapodiidae megapolis Megapyr Megara Mégara megarectum Megarelief Megarian School megaripple Megaron megasclere megascopic megasecond Megasphaera Megasporangium Megaspore megaspore mother cell megasporocyte megasporogenesis Megasporophyll megass Megasynclinorium megatectonics			Meganucleus Megaohm Megaohm Megaohm Megaohms Megaohms Megaohms megaparsec megaparsec Megaparsecs Megaparsecs Megapascal megapel megapel display megapenny megaphanerophyte megaphenic megaphone megaphone megaphoned megaphoned megaphones megaphones megaphonic megaphonic megaphonically megaphonically megaphoning megaphoning megaphyll megaphyllous Megaphyton megapixel megapixel megapixel megapixel Megapixels Megapixels per Second Megaplex megapode megapode Mégapode Maléo megapodes megapodes Megapodidae Megapodidae Megapodiidae Megapodiidae Megapodio Maleo Megapodius megapolis megapolis megapolis megapolis Megapond Megaprimatus Megaprimatus kong Megaprimatus Kong (species) Megaptera Megaptera Megaptera novaeangliae

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