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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesphyllotaxie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: filotaksi
"La phyllotaxie étudie la disposition des feuilles sur la tige."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The arrangement of leaves on a plant stem.
"The botanist used phyllotaxis to help identify the different species of trees in the forest." - 2
The mathematical study of the geometric patterns formed by leaves, flowers, or other plant organs.
"Fascinating mathematical principles like the Fibonacci sequence often govern the natural patterns of phyllotaxis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the New Latin roots 'phyllo-', coming from the Ancient Greek 'phyllon' meaning 'leaf', and 'taxis', meaning 'arrangement' or 'order'. The term was coined in the 18th century by botanists to scientifically describe the geometric distribution of leaves on a plant stem.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Phyllotaxis" is said worldwide
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phyllotaxie
Transliteration: filotaksi
"La phyllotaxie étudie la disposition des feuilles sur la tige."
Phyllotaxis
Transliteration: fylotaksis
"Die Phyllotaxis beschreibt die Blattstellung an der Pflanzenachse."
fillotassi
Transliteration: fillotassi
"La fillotassi determina come le foglie sono disposte sul fusto."
filotaxia
Transliteration: filotaksia
"La filotaxia es la disposición de las hojas en el tallo de una planta."
filotaxia
Transliteration: filotaksia
"A filotaxia estuda a disposição das folhas nas plantas."
पर्णविन्यास
Transliteration: parnavinyas
"पौधे के तने पर पत्तियों के क्रम को पर्णविन्यास कहते हैं।"
叶序
Transliteration: yèxù
"叶序描述了叶子在植物茎上的排列方式。"
엽서
Transliteration: yeopseo
"식물학에서 엽서는 줄기에 잎이 달리는 배열을 말합니다."
葉序
Transliteration: yōjo
"植物の茎における葉の付き方を葉序と呼びます。"
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