Petalophyllum

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Italian petalo- (“broad, flat”) +‎ English -phyllum (“leaf”). petalo- is from Italian petalo (“petal”), which is from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), and ultimately from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”). -phyllum is derived from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”)

Proper noun

Petalophyllum n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fossombroniaceae – a group of liverworts.
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