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microphyllnoun
A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
microphyllnoun
A very small leaf
Etymology: From micro- (small) + "phyll" (leaf)
Wikipedia
microphyll
In plant anatomy and evolution a microphyll (or lycophyll) is a type of plant leaf with one single, unbranched leaf vein. Plants with microphyll leaves occur early in the fossil record, and few such plants exist today. In the classical concept of a microphyll, the leaf vein emerges from the protostele without leaving a leaf gap. Leaf gaps are small areas above the node of some leaves where there is no vascular tissue, as it has all been diverted to the leaf. Megaphylls, in contrast, have multiple veins within the leaf and leaf gaps above them in the stem.
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Microphyll
Microphyll is a type of plant leaf, which has traditionally been defined as "an appendage supplied by a single, unbranched vein". In the classical concept of a microphyll, this vein emerges from the protostele without leaving a leaf gap. Leaf gaps are small areas above the node of some leaves where there is no vascular tissue, as it has all been diverted to the leaf. Megaphylls, in contrast, are characterised by multiple veins. By this definition, the whisk ferns, clubmosses and horsetails have microphylls, as in all extant species there is only a single vascular trace in each leaf. Despite their name, microphylls are not always small: those of Isoëtes can reach 20–100 centimetres in length, and the extinct Lepidodendron bore microphylls over a metre long.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of microphyll in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of microphyll in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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