Yet his Lordship would find this rate of proportion […] likewise in all plants, in the disposition of their leaves, for which ordering he would make a name, that is, from the Greek, phyllotaxis.
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Phyllotaxis
//fɪləˈtæksɪs//
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Greek
1 entries- φυλλοταξία noun (The arrangement of leaves on a stem)
Irish
1 entries- duilleagar noun (The arrangement of leaves on a stem)
Italian
1 entries- fillotassi noun (The arrangement of leaves on a stem)
Spanish
1 entries- filotaxis noun (The arrangement of leaves on a stem)
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