polyphyllous

Updated: August 16, 2026

'Barley and wheat come up monophyllous, but peas, beans, and chick peas polyphyllous. Historia plantarum, viii. 1, i. There can be no doubt that here is a piece of minute observation on the behaviour of germinating seeds.

- The Legacy of Greece : Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield