Look up: phyllotaxis

1. Phyllotaxis
   In botany, phyllotaxis or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem (from Ancient Greek phýllon "leaf" and táxis "arrangement"). == Pattern structure == The basic patterns are opposite, or alternate = spiral. Leaves may also be whorled if several leaves do, or appear to arise from the same level on a stem. With an opposite leaf...
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2. phyllotaxis
   system of leaf arrangement on the trunk Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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3. Phyllotaxis
   • (n.) The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.
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4. phyllotaxis
   (from the article `number game`) ...of the equation = , in polar coordinates, where = 2/. The Fibonacci numbers are also exemplified by the botanical phenomenon known as ... The three patterns of leaf arrangement on stems in angiosperms are alternate, opposite (paired), and whorled. In alternate-leaved plants, the leaves ... [2 rel...
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5. phyllotaxis
   phyllotaxis The order or geometric principles of arrangement of leaves (or other lateral members; such as, florets of a composite flower, scales of a pine-cone, etc.) upon an axis or stem. The principal kinds of phyllotaxis are Cyclical or verticillate, in which a number of leaves (two or more) st...
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