cladophyll Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
    phylloclad; phylloclade; cladode.

WordNet

Clad"o*phyll noun
Etymology
Gr. a sprout + a leaf.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

Webster 1913