phyllome Bot.
(ˈfɪləʊm)
[ad. mod.L. phyllōma, f. Gr. ϕύλλωµα foliage, clothing of leaves, f. ϕυλλοῦν to clothe with leaves, f. ϕύλλον leaf. (But -ome has here rather the mod. sense of ‘formation’ as in caulome, rhizome.) So in mod.F.]
1. The general name for a leaf or any organ homologous with a leaf, or regarded as a modified leaf (as a sepal, petal, stamen, carpel, bract, etc.).
| 1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 130 If now we accept..Thallome, Stem (Caulome), Leaf (Phyllome), and Hair (Trichome), in the senses indicated. 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. 6 note, The German botanists use..Phyllome in this sense. |
2. (See quot.) rare—0.
| 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Phylloma. Herschel terms thus..the whole of the germs destined to produce the leaves which come from the bud..when it is developed: a phyllome. |
Hence phyllomic (fɪˈləʊmɪk) a., pertaining to or of the nature of a phyllome.
| 1886 Nature 6 May 17/2 Even on this explanation the true stamen is phyllomic. |