The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . omiii, the only sjiecieB, is foundin .-Vustralia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. phylloid (tiroid), «. r= F. jihylloide, < Gr.^i/./ofi(S//f, coutr. (pv/.?.u6!ic, leaf-like, r?./oi,leaf, -t- f(<5of, form.] Leaf-like; \lso phylloideOUS (fi-loido-us), a. [< phylloid +•lulls.] Same na phylloid. phyllomania (til-o-mani-ii), n. [NL., < //.iiv, leaf, + paviti, madness (see monin). tfiv/Aoiiavsiv, run wildly to leaf.]
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . omiii, the only sjiecieB, is foundin .-Vustralia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. phylloid (tiroid), «. r= F. jihylloide, < Gr.^i/./ofi(S//f, coutr. (pv/.?.u6!ic, leaf-like, r?./oi,leaf, -t- f(<5of, form.] Leaf-like; \lso phylloideOUS (fi-loido-us), a. [< phylloid +•lulls.] Same na phylloid. phyllomania (til-o-mani-ii), n. [NL., < //.iiv, leaf, + paviti, madness (see monin). tfiv/Aoiiavsiv, run wildly to leaf.] In hot.,the production of leaves in unusual numbersor in unusual places. phyllome (filom), ». [< Gr. <piA?Mpa, , < ipv/.Aoiv, clothe with leaves, < ipiA/jiv= h. folium, leaf: see foil^.] In hot., the leafin all its modifications; foliage. Also phyl-loma. We call foliage leaves, tendrils, and anthers in their various adaptations, metamorphosed leaves or phyllt/tnen. DeBary, Kungi (trans.), p. 250. Phyllomedusa (fild-me-dusa),». [NL. (Wag-ler), < Gr. ^i-A/ov, leafj -I- NL. (L.) Medustt.].
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