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phyllotaxy
1. The arrangement of the leaves on the stem.
The three common positions are alternate, opposite, and verticillate.
2. The principles governing leaf arrangement.When spiral, often expressed quantitatively as the fraction of the circumference of the stem that separates two successive leaves.
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phyllo-, phyll-, -phyll, -phyllous
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taxi-, tax-, taxo-, taxio-, -taxia, -taxis, -taxy, tact-, -tactic, -tactical, -tactics
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