phyllotaxis

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Definition von phyllotaxis im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement

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.

The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves

phyllotactic arrangement

Silbentrennung

phyl·lo·tax·is

Etymologie

() From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phullon, “leaf”) + τάξις (taksis, “arrangement”), from τάσσω (tassō, “to arrange”).