PHYLARCH | • phylarch n. (Historical) The ruler of a phyle in Ancient Greece. • phylarch n. (Historical) An Athenian hipparch, head of an Athenian clan in battle. • phylarch n. A tribal chief, magistrate, or other local ruler. |
PHYLAXIS | • phylaxis n. (Medicine) Protection against infectious disease. • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
PHYLESES | • PHYLESIS n. the course of evolutionary development. |
PHYLESIS | • PHYLESIS n. the course of evolutionary development. |
PHYLETIC | • phyletic adj. Of or pertaining to phylogeny; phylogenetic. • phyletic adj. Of or pertaining to gradual evolutionary change along a single line of descent. • PHYLETIC adj. relating to a phylum; according to presumed evolutionary descent. |
PHYLLARY | • phyllary n. (Botany) An individual bract within an involucre or involucel. • PHYLLARY n. a bract of certain plants. |
PHYLLIDS | • phyllids n. Plural of phyllid. • PHYLLID n. the leaf of a liverwort or moss. |
PHYLLITE | • phyllite n. (Geology) A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites. • PHYLLITE n. a foliated rock, a kind of metamorphosed mudstone. |
PHYLLODE | • phyllode n. (Botany) A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not… • PHYLLODE n. a flattened petiole that serves as a leaf. |
PHYLLODY | • phyllody n. (Botany) A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves. • PHYLLODY n. a flower transformation. |
PHYLLOID | • phylloid adj. Resembling a leaf. • PHYLLOID n. a leaflike assimilatory organ in brown algae. |
PHYLLOME | • phyllome n. (Botany) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf. • PHYLLOME n. a leaf of a plant. |