prophyll
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally coined by French botanists, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) and φύλλον (phúllon).
Noun[edit]
prophyll (plural prophylls)
Usage notes[edit]
Between the coining of the word and the second half of the 20th century, a great amount of confusion existed in the definitions of the word and its equivalents in French and German. Many authors believed the prophyll to be a specific structure, and specialists of the Aroidea often give it such a sense.