Phyll

Morpheme

Phyll

Type

bound base

Denotation

leaf, foliage

Etymology

Ancient Greek phýllon

Evidence

achlorophyllous, acrophyll, adenophyllous, anisophylly, autophyllogeny, bacteriochlorophyll, bathyphyll, carpophyll, cataphyll, chlorophyll, chlorophyllase, chlorophyllic, chlorophyllide, chlorophyllin, chlorophylloid, chlorophyllose, chlorophyllous, chrysophyll, chylophyllous, chylophylly, cyanophyll, cyathophyll, erythrophyll, geophyllous, heterophyllous, heterophylly, hypophyllous, hypsophyll, isophyllous, laurophyllous, leptophyllous, leucophyll, lucidophyll, megaphyllous, megaphylly, mesophyll, microphyll, monophyllous, nanophyllous, pachyphyllous, pentaphyllous, phosphophyllite, -phyll, phylla, phyllidium, phylliform, phylline, phyllo, phyllobranchia, phyllochron, phyllochrysine, phyllocyanin, phyllocyst, phyllodulcin, phylloerythrin, phyllogenous, phylloid, phyllomancy, phyllomanganate, phyllomania, phyllome, phyllomorphosis, phyllon, phyllophagous, phyllophorous, phyllophyte, phylloplane, phyllopod, phylloquinone, phyllosilicate, phyllospheric, phyllostomatous, phyllotaxis, -phyllous, phyllous, phylloxera, -phylly, protochlorophyll, protophyll, quadriphyllous, rhodophyll, sclerophyllous, semaphyll, sporophyll, trophophyll, xanthophyll

Notes

phyllon and phyllo are doublets
phyllo is also spelled fillo, filo, fyllo

See Also

Chervil, Gillyflower, Fole, Foil, Leaf, Leave