podophyllous, a.
(pɒdəʊˈfɪləs)
[f. Gr. ποδο-, podo- + ϕύλλον leaf + -ous.]
1. Entom. Having, as some insects, compressed leaf-like locomotive organs or feet.
1858 in Maine Expos. Lex. 1895 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
2. Zool. In podophyllous tissue, the layer of tissue composed of leaf-like vascular lamellæ beneath the coronary cushion of a horse's hoof.
1895 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |