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microphyllous

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microphyllous [¦mī·krō¦fil·əs]
(botany)
Having small leaves.
Having leaves with a single, unbranched vein.
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[FIGURE 3 OMITTED] This last principle involves the origin of the microphyllous leaf of the Lycopsida.
The telome theory by Wilson, Carl L. / The Botanical Review
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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.
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