Cladophyll \Clad"o*phyll\, n. [Gr. ? a sprout + ? a leaf.]
(Bot.)
A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent
foliage of the broom ({Ruscus}) and of the common cultivated
smilax ({Myrsiphillum}).
cladophyll
n : a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf [syn:
{cladode}, {phylloclad}, {phylloclade}]