<B>phyllody, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition in which parts of a flower are transformed into ordinary leaves. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition in which a leafstalk is changed into a phyllode. </DL>
<A NAME="phylloid">
<B>phylloid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling a leaf. </DL>
<A NAME="phyllome">
<B>phyllome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a leaf of a plant or any organ homologous with a leaf, or regarded as a modified leaf, such as a sepal, petal, or stamen. <DD><B> 2. </B>all the leaves of a plant, taken as a whole; foliage. </DL>
<A NAME="phyllomic">
<B>phyllomic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a phyllome. </DL>
<A NAME="phyllophagous">
<B>phyllophagous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> leaf-eating, as certain beetles and chafers. </DL>
<A NAME="phyllophore">
<B>phyllophore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the terminal leaf-producing bud or growing point of a stem (used especially with reference to palms). </DL>
<A NAME="phyllopod">
<B>phyllopod, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to a group of small crustaceans with four or more pairs of leaflike appendages which function as both swimming feet and gills. <DD><I>noun </I> a phyllopod crustacean. </DL>
<B>phyllotactic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with phyllotaxis. <BR> <I>Ex. the phyllotactic spiral of leaves.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="phyllotaxis">
<B>phyllotaxis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the arrangement of leaves on a stem. <DD><B> 2. </B>the laws collectively which govern such distribution. </DL>
<A NAME="phyllotaxy">
<B>phyllotaxy, </B>noun. =phyllotaxis.</DL>
<A NAME="phylloxera">
<B>phylloxera, </B>noun, pl. <B>phylloxerae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of plant lice. The grape phylloxera destroys grapevines by infesting the leaves and roots. </DL>
<A NAME="phylloxeral">
<B>phylloxeral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the phylloxera. </DL>
<A NAME="phylloxerated">
<B>phylloxerated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> infested with phylloxerae. </DL>
<B>phylogenetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with phylogeny. adv. <B>phylogenetically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="phylogenic">
<B>phylogenic, </B>adjective. =phylogenetic.</DL>
<A NAME="phylogenist">
<B>phylogenist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies phylogeny. <BR> <I>Ex. As phylogenists, Whitman and Heinroth both sought to develop in detail the relationship between families and species of birds (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="phylogeny">
<B>phylogeny, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the origin and development of a species or higher grouping of animal or plant, or the history of its development. <BR> <I>Ex. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny (Henry E. Crampton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="phylon">
<B>phylon, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a tribe; a genetically related subdivision; phylum. </DL>
<A NAME="phylum">
<B>phylum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Biology.) a primary division of the animal or plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes, usually equivalent to a subkingdom, such as the thallophytes, Protozoa, or Arthropoda. The animals or plants in a phylum are thought to be related by descent from a common ancestral form. <BR> <I>Ex. Since all animal phyla with the exception of the vertebrates are present in early Cambrian rocks, it is evident that much of the evolutionary sequence has not yet been examined (Willard Bascom).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a group of languages that includes two or more linguistic families or stocks. <BR> <I>Ex. ... Haida and Tlingit, apparently related to the Athabascan family, with which they form the Na-Dene phylum, are immediately adjacent (H. A. Gleason, Jr.).</I> </DL>
<B>physiatrist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in physiatry or physical medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="physiatry">
<B>physiatry, </B>noun. =physical therapy.</DL>
<A NAME="physic">
<B>physic, </B>noun, verb, <B>-icked,</B> <B>-icking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a medicine, especially one that acts as a laxative; cathartic. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) the art of healing; science and practice of medicine. <BR> <I>Ex. Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) natural science. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give a laxative to. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to give medicine to; dose; treat. <DD><B> 3. </B>to act like a medicine on; cure. <BR> <I>Ex. The labor we delight in physics pain (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) relieve, alleviate. </DL>
<A NAME="physical">
<B>physical, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of the body. <BR> <I>Ex. physical exercise, physical strength, a physical disability.</I> (SYN) bodily. <DD><B> 2. </B>of matter; material. <BR> <I>Ex. The tide is a physical force.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>according to the laws of nature. <BR> <I>Ex. It is a physical impossibility for the sun to rise in the west.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>of the science of physics. <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) a physical examination. noun <B>physicalness.</B> </DL>
