trichophyllous

adjective

trich·​o·​phyl·​lous

-¦filəs

: of, relating to, or having hairlike leaves or hairlike divisions of the leaf

some xerophytes have the leaves reduced to trichophyllous processes

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary trich- + -phyllous

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