phyllo- (iou) and telegram (iou)

phyllo- (iou)

phyllo- combining form of Greek phullon leaf: see -O-.
phyllocarid Zoology (designating) any of various branchiopods possessing phyllopodia L19.
phyllo'mania noun excessive or abnormal development of leaves L17.
phy'llophagous adjective feeding on leaves M19.
phylloplane noun (Ecology) the leaf surface of a plant or plants, esp. as an environment for micro-organisms M20.
phyllopod noun & adjective (Zoology) (designating) an entomostracan crustacean with lamellate swimming feet M19.
phyllopodium noun, pl. -ia, (a) Botany the base of a leaf-stalk; the main axis of a leaf; (b) Zoology a broad flat limb in some crustaceans: L19.
phyllo'quinone noun (Biochemistry) vitamin K1, a yellow fat-soluble oil that is present in green leafy Vegetables and is important in blood clotting M20.
phyllo'silicate noun (Mineralogy) any of the group of silicates characterized by SiO4 tetrahedra linked in sheets of indefinite extent in which the ratio of silicon and aluminium to oxygen is 2:5 M20.
phyllosome noun [-SOME3] Zoology the larval form of certain macrurous crustaceans; a glass crab: M19.
phyllosphere noun (Ecology) the surface area of leaves, or of all the parts of a plant above ground M20.

telegram (iou)

telegram noun & verb. M19.
[from TELE- + -GRAM, after TELEGRAPH.]
A. noun. A message sent by telegraph, usually delivered in written form. M19.
M. de la Roche He wired you! Show me the telegram!
b. verb trans. & intrans. Infl. -mm-. Send a telegram (to); telegraph (a person, message, etc.). M19.
A. F. Loewenstein She'd telegrammed ahead accepting the offer. Independent The message he telegrammed to Rome.
telegra'mmatic,
tele'grammic adjectives (rare) (a) of or pertaining to telegrams; (b) very concise: M19.

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