Meaning of PHYLLOTAXY
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| | Definition: | | \Phyl"lo*tax`y\, Phyllotaxis \Phyl"lo*tax`is\, n.
[Phyllo- + Gr. ? order.] (Bot.)
The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science
of the relative position of leaves.
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- The arrangement of leaves on a stem (when spiral, often expressed quantitatively as the fraction of the circumference of the stem that separates two successive leaves).
- The arrangement of the leaves on the stem. The three common positions are alternate, opposite, and verticillate.
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