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Definition: HYPOPHYLLOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb hypophyllously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hypophyllously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hypophyllous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Hypophyllous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hypophyllous \Hy*poph"yl*lous\, adjective. [Prefix hypo- Greek expression leaf.]. (references)

Definition: HYPOPHYLLOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb hypophyllously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hypophyllously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hypophyllous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "HYPOPHYLLOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hypophyllous \Hy*poph"yl*lous\, adjective. [Prefix hypo- Greek expression leaf.]. (references)