(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:31:33

Clad"o*phyll (?), n. [Gr. a sprout + a leaf.] Bot.

A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

 

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