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Cataphyll
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Gr. KaT6., down, 4 XAov, leaf), a botanical term for the early leaf-forms produced in the lower part of a shoot, such as bud-scales, or scales on underground stems.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cataphyll'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cataphyll.html. 1910.