phyllotaxis

English

Alternative forms

• phyllotaxy

Etymology

phyllo- +‎ taxis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪləˈtæksɪs/

Noun

phyllotaxis (usually uncountable, plural phyllotaxes)

1. (botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.
   • 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:

     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.

Translations

The arrangement of leaves on a stem

• Greek: φυλλοταξία (el) f (fyllotaxía)
• Irish: duilleagar m
• Italian: fillotassi f
• Spanish: filotaxis f