dasyphyllous

English

Etymology

From New Latin dasyphyllus (from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy; dense”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”)) +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dæsɪˈfɪləs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdæsɪˈfɪləs/, /-sə-/
• Hyphenation: da‧sy‧phyll‧ous

Adjective

dasyphyllous (not comparable)

1. (botany, rare) Having downy leaves.

   Synonyms: codiophyllous, eriophyllous

   • [1899, R. L. Heinig, “dasyphyllous”, in Glossary of the Botanic Terms Used in Describing Flowering Plants, Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, →OCLC, page 26:

     dasyphyllous (Gr. dasus, hairy, rough; phullon, a leaf), woolly-leaved; syn. codio-, erio-phyllous.]

   • 2013 March, V. V. Furyaev, V. I. Zabolotskiy, S. D. Samsonenko, V. A. Chernykh, “Space-time Impact of Fire Events on Swamp-forest Ecosystems of the West Siberian Plain”, in Contemporary Problems of Ecology, volume 6, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 156–161:

     Therefore, the forest stands formed by the tree species that endure excessive moisture (the alder, dasyphyllous birch, and poplar) are dominant in the composition of forests.

   • 2018 August, Jun Zhou, Zhangwei Wang, Xiaoshan Zhang, “Deposition and Fate of Mercury in Litterfall, Litter, and Soil in Coniferous and Broad‐Leaved Forests”, in Biogeosciences, volume 123, number 8, →DOI, pages 2590–2603:

     However, compared to Masson pine needles, the waxy of camphor leaves showed thinner and more dasyphyllous.

Related terms

• dasymeter
• dasymetric
• dasypygal

Further reading

• “dasyphyllous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “dasyphyllous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “dasyphyllous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.